Visual Arts and Film Studies “4000 Miles” play analysis
Project description
you will write a play analysis, the play is “4000 Miles”. <br />
You can find the Play video, information, summary online. <br />
The play should be analysis by professional ways like Scene Design, Acting, Costume design or Lights. <br />
<br />
The essay should have 2 parts, <br />
Part 1 should includes:<br />
Opening Paragraph<br />
Setting<br />
Dramatic structure<br />
Meaning of the play (4000 miles).<br />
<br />
Part 2:<br />
Choose one of the following roles: Director, Actor, or Designer. And then complete the paper by addressing the questions from chosen area. (In the Paper guidelines I send to you)<br />
<br />
Please please please follow the guidelines every step and cite. I appreciate your work.<br />
<br />
you will write a play analysis, the play is “4000 Miles”. <br />
You can find the Play video, information, summary online. <br />
The play should be analysis by professional ways like Scene Design, Acting, Costume design or Lights. <br />
<br />
The essay should have 2 parts, <br />
Part 1 should includes:<br />
Opening Paragraph<br />
Setting<br />
Dramatic structure<br />
Meaning of the play (4000 miles).<br />
<br />
Part 2:<br />
Choose one of the following roles: Director, Actor, or Designer. And then complete the paper by addressing the questions from chosen area. (In the Paper guidelines I send to you)<br />
<br />
Please please please follow the guidelines every step and cite. I appreciate your work.<br />
<br />
Paper/ Play analysis Guidelines
Spring 2014
Paper content
Your paper will have two parts. Certain elements of analysis apply to all involved in production and others are more specific to certain areas. In the first half, you will address the questions outlined below. In the second half, you will write as though you were taking part in a production of your chosen play as a director, designer, or actor.
Your paper will have two parts. Certain elements of analysis apply to all involved in production and others are more specific to certain areas. In the first half, you will address the questions outlined below. In the second half, you will write as though you were taking part in a production of your chosen play as a director, designer, or actor.
Format
? Paper is minimum of 8 to 10 pages, including artwork (details given in Part II)
? Double space and use a 12-point Times New Roman font
? In top right corner: Name, TAR 103, GTA Name, Spring 2014, Play analysis
? The title of your play is the title of your paper. Please center and underline the title
? Begin your paper two lines below the title. Do not use a title page or cover
? Follow the guidelines below in the order they appear
? Provide textual evidence to support your opinions and choices
? Staple these guidelines to the back of your paper
/20 points
Part I
Opening Paragraph
? Include play title, author’s name, and date play was written. Discuss why you chose this play and its relevance to an eventual audience. Consider your reaction to the play when you first read it, and how you think the audience may react to it.
? In four sentences or less, provide a brief synopsis of the play.
Setting
? When does the action of the play occur? (Choose a date if one is not found within the play’s text)
? Where does the play take place? (Give a geographic location, as well as a physical location.)
? What is the ideological and political climate within the play?
? How is the social-economic tone evident from the setting?
? Why do you think the author set the play in that time and place?
Dramatic structure
? Describe the play’s major conflicts in enough detail to explain why you think it is the climax.
? Are there minor characters that significantly catalyze the course of unfolding events?
Meaning
? What does the play mean to you? Discuss themes that stand out to you and the possibilities of the author’s intended meaning(s).
? How might the title relate to the overall meaning of the play?
/40 points
PART II
For the second part of your paper, choose one of the following roles: Director, Actor, or Designer. After you have made your choice, complete your paper by addressing the questions from your chosen area.
Director
Develop a “concept” of the play using each of the questions below. A concept is your particular interpretation of the play.
1. Why should this play be produced? Why is this play important to be seen? As a director part of your job is to find something about the play that is vital and demands an audience. What is difficult about this play? How would you deal with the possible difficulties of the play in rehearsal and/or performance?
2. Find one image that portrays the play’s central meaning. Provide a picture (self-generated) of the image on an 8½ by 11 piece of paper. Think of this image portraying the heart or guts of the play. How would you go about using the image in this play? This should not be a picture of the show or of the below metaphor.
3. What metaphor best expresses the play’s inner core? (i.e.: this play is an ice storm) Explain your rational-Why this particular metaphor?
4. What other books, movies, or visual images could inform your production? Why?
5. How would you bring the play to life? What particular choices would you make in casting, design, and staging?
6. Describe your rehearsal process. How will you communicate with actors and designers? What kind of environment will you create for rehearsals? Why? How will your rehearsal bring life to your directorial concept?
Actor
Choose one character in the play that you see yourself playing. Respond to the following questions as an actor who has been assigned this role. It makes no difference whatsoever how much onstage time your character has.
1. In one or two sentences, explain why you chose your character.
2. What is the obstacle to your objective? What is getting in the way of achieving what they want?
3. Choose an inanimate object that your character seems to share qualities with. Explain your choice.
4. On an 8½ by 11 piece of paper, create an image that you feel illuminates or describes some aspect of your character. This can be a found piece of art, a collage you create, a drawing you do yourself, etc. Within the body of your paper, explain the image and its meaning and relationship to your character. This should not be a picture from the play, a picture of the above inanimate object, or the below character of comparison.
5. This character is also closely linked to many other characters from other plays, literature, mythology, and film. Your character is recognizable to us because in some way or another we feel we already know them. Choose two examples of other characters from two different areas listed above and explain how these other figures are varied manifestations of your own character.
6. What is the greatest challenge you see in playing this role.
Designer (costume, lighting, sound, props, sound)
Choose one area of design and answer the following questions. Use your understanding of the script and ideas about theme and meaning to guide your design choices.
1. What time period does the play take place in? Based on the given circumstances of the play (i.e.: geographical location, climate, time of day, etc.) What kind of design choices would help to define the time period and given circumstances of the play?
2. Consider the meaning of the play. What colors, shapes, sounds do you feel best evoke the inner core of the play? Why How will you use those images in your design?
3. What are the absolute physical requirements of the play? (i.e.: # of exits/entrances, costume changes, etc.) How will you incorporate the requirements of the play into your design?
4. What is the physical tempo of the script? How will this tempo influence your design choices? How will the actors interact with the world of the play? How do characters feel about the world of the play? How does the environment express the overall meaning of the play? How will your design choices help define the characters in the play?
? Paper is minimum of 8 to 10 pages, including artwork (details given in Part II)
? Double space and use a 12-point Times New Roman font
? In top right corner: Name, TAR 103, GTA Name, Spring 2014, Play analysis
? The title of your play is the title of your paper. Please center and underline the title
? Begin your paper two lines below the title. Do not use a title page or cover
? Follow the guidelines below in the order they appear
? Provide textual evidence to support your opinions and choices
? Staple these guidelines to the back of your paper
/20 points
Part I
Opening Paragraph
? Include play title, author’s name, and date play was written. Discuss why you chose this play and its relevance to an eventual audience. Consider your reaction to the play when you first read it, and how you think the audience may react to it.
? In four sentences or less, provide a brief synopsis of the play.
Setting
? When does the action of the play occur? (Choose a date if one is not found within the play’s text)
? Where does the play take place? (Give a geographic location, as well as a physical location.)
? What is the ideological and political climate within the play?
? How is the social-economic tone evident from the setting?
? Why do you think the author set the play in that time and place?
Dramatic structure
? Describe the play’s major conflicts in enough detail to explain why you think it is the climax.
? Are there minor characters that significantly catalyze the course of unfolding events?
Meaning
? What does the play mean to you? Discuss themes that stand out to you and the possibilities of the author’s intended meaning(s).
? How might the title relate to the overall meaning of the play?
/40 points
PART II
For the second part of your paper, choose one of the following roles: Director, Actor, or Designer. After you have made your choice, complete your paper by addressing the questions from your chosen area.
Director
Develop a “concept” of the play using each of the questions below. A concept is your particular interpretation of the play.
1. Why should this play be produced? Why is this play important to be seen? As a director part of your job is to find something about the play that is vital and demands an audience. What is difficult about this play? How would you deal with the possible difficulties of the play in rehearsal and/or performance?
2. Find one image that portrays the play’s central meaning. Provide a picture (self-generated) of the image on an 8½ by 11 piece of paper. Think of this image portraying the heart or guts of the play. How would you go about using the image in this play? This should not be a picture of the show or of the below metaphor.
3. What metaphor best expresses the play’s inner core? (i.e.: this play is an ice storm) Explain your rational-Why this particular metaphor?
4. What other books, movies, or visual images could inform your production? Why?
5. How would you bring the play to life? What particular choices would you make in casting, design, and staging?
6. Describe your rehearsal process. How will you communicate with actors and designers? What kind of environment will you create for rehearsals? Why? How will your rehearsal bring life to your directorial concept?
Actor
Choose one character in the play that you see yourself playing. Respond to the following questions as an actor who has been assigned this role. It makes no difference whatsoever how much onstage time your character has.
1. In one or two sentences, explain why you chose your character.
2. What is the obstacle to your objective? What is getting in the way of achieving what they want?
3. Choose an inanimate object that your character seems to share qualities with. Explain your choice.
4. On an 8½ by 11 piece of paper, create an image that you feel illuminates or describes some aspect of your character. This can be a found piece of art, a collage you create, a drawing you do yourself, etc. Within the body of your paper, explain the image and its meaning and relationship to your character. This should not be a picture from the play, a picture of the above inanimate object, or the below character of comparison.
5. This character is also closely linked to many other characters from other plays, literature, mythology, and film. Your character is recognizable to us because in some way or another we feel we already know them. Choose two examples of other characters from two different areas listed above and explain how these other figures are varied manifestations of your own character.
6. What is the greatest challenge you see in playing this role.
Designer (costume, lighting, sound, props, sound)
Choose one area of design and answer the following questions. Use your understanding of the script and ideas about theme and meaning to guide your design choices.
1. What time period does the play take place in? Based on the given circumstances of the play (i.e.: geographical location, climate, time of day, etc.) What kind of design choices would help to define the time period and given circumstances of the play?
2. Consider the meaning of the play. What colors, shapes, sounds do you feel best evoke the inner core of the play? Why How will you use those images in your design?
3. What are the absolute physical requirements of the play? (i.e.: # of exits/entrances, costume changes, etc.) How will you incorporate the requirements of the play into your design?
4. What is the physical tempo of the script? How will this tempo influence your design choices? How will the actors interact with the world of the play? How do characters feel about the world of the play? How does the environment express the overall meaning of the play? How will your design choices help define the characters in the play?
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