CAS 480 STUDY GUIDE



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Chapter 1

 

Empathetic response

Imagination

Readers Theatre

 

Chapter 2

 

Continuum

Conventional Theatre

Dialogue

Double Entendre

Excitability

Identity

Layman

Lectern

Offstage Focus

Onstage Focus

Overt

Plasticity

Stage Trappings

Symbolic

Voicing

 

Chapter 3

 

Acoustic Space

Behavioral Synecdoche

Fourth Wall

Illusion of Reality

Localized Space

Picture Overlay

Presentational

Representational

Theatrical Conventions

 

Chapter 4

 

Alliteration

Antagonist

Anthology

Assonance

Camaraderie

Climax

Covert

Evocative

Genre

Images

Metaphor

Onomatopoeia

Overt

Personification

Philosophical

Plot

Protagonist

Psychological

Rhythm

Simile

Sound Devices

 

Chapter 5

 

Analysis

Connotative

Denotative

Egocentricity

Flashback

Irony

Mood

Omniscient

Personae

Point of View

Setting

Style

Subtlety

Theme

 

Chapter 6

 

Bridge

Close-up Scenes

Cohesiveness

Dialogue Tag

Guidelines

Transitions

 

Chapter 7

 

Ad-lib

Bifurcation

Discourse

Downstage

Floor Plan

Indirect Dialogue

Production Concept

Stage Cross

Stage Left

Stage Right

Upstage

 

Chapter 8

 

Certainties

Distortion

Pick Up Cues

Possibilities

Probabilities

 

Chapter 9

 

Chorus

Contrapuntal

Counterpoint

Criterion

Echo

Ensemble

Harmony

Interpolation

Juxtapose

Orchestration

Round

Tone Color

Unison

Voice Overlay

 

Chapter 10

 

Assemblage

Collage

Compilation

Dramatic Mode

Epic Mode

Epitomize

Format

Lyric Mode

Mode

Motif

Piece de Resistance

 

Chapter 11

 

Articulation

Circumflex

Coalesce

Congruence

Diaphragmatic Breathing

Duration

Enunciation

Inflection

Nuance

Pitch

Projection

Quality

Rate

Volume

 

Chapter 12

 

Animation

Conceptalize

Imagery

Nurture

Objective Correlative

Vivify

 

Chapter 13

 

Causation

Emphasis

Phrasing

Subordination

 

Chapter 14

 

Bonding

Covert

Essence

Kinesics

Motivation

Muscular Tonus

Overt

Pantomime

Subtext

 

Chapter 15

 

Audience Focus

Aesthetic

Analogy

Apex

Asymmetrical

Augment

Blocking

Downstage

Floor Plan

Freeze

Frugality

Levels

Locale

Metaphor

Picturization

Production Concept

Props

Stage Left

Stage Right

Symmetrical

Upstage

 

Chapter 16 - Completing the Production Concept

 

A Cappella

Abstraction

Batten

Cross Fading

Cutout Flats

Dimmers

Drop

Pinspot

Projections

Scrim

Strobe Lights

Trappings

  

Chapter 17 - Producing the Script

 

Auditions

Break Character

Company Call

Curtain Call

Illusion of the First Time

Mouth Lines

Patron

"Places"

Run-Through

Spike

Strike

Type Casting

 

See Appendix A, p. 153, for definitions you can't locate.

 

Tech manual:

primary light source
secondary light source
"warm" and "cold" lights
"pre-set" light board
basic principle of lighting and sound
fresnel lights
ellipsoidal lights
"kicker" light
no. of channels & lights in a power pack
no. of cables attached to power pack

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