Friday morning CH/AV Autumn 2015 What we did in class 9.10.2015 Capital Letters in English The Big Bad Pavel Guy from Banov The Girl with the Hat from Malacky The Totally Ukrainian Girl from Budweis A Room with a View The rule is: Capitalise the first letter of all words in a title except for articles and prepositions. Other differences from Czech: Capitalise names of languages and nationalities (e.g. He is Spanish/Czech/Slovak.) He lived by the Mississippi River. In the name of a geographical feature, capitalize every word. (The Tatra Mountains, the Vltava River, the Brno Reservoir, Macha Lake, Prague Cathedral) Glossary, setting, maquette, status, period, theme, realism, collaboration, scenic designer, mood, director 1. When the curtain rises, the audience sees bright colours and hears street music that suggest a carnival. The _____________________ is lively. 2. The friendly discussion between the scenic designer and the director at the first meeting suggests that they will enjoy a good _____________________ . 3. A main task of the _____________________ is to block the actors so that they will be seen and heard by the audience and rehearse them to tell the story of the play effectively. 4. The _____________________ of the play is the place is which the story takes place. 5. Style of costume and architectural detail help establish the time of the story or the _____________________ . 6. The scenic designer creates a scale model of the set, which is also called the _____________________ . 7. Creating the visual setting of the play – what we see on stage – is the job of the _____________________ . 8. Oh, What a Lovely War! is a musical revue whose anti-war _____________________ highlights the irony of the title. 9. The set of this particular production requires the kind of architectural detail that indicates a person of upper middle-class _____________________ . 10. If we’re going for _____________________ , we need to be very careful to make the details of the family room in Act 3 look like the real thing. Glossary, iconic, metaphor, contemporary, ground plan, front of House, production manager, complementary, set dresser, LX designer, farce 1. The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre defines _____________________ as “an extreme form of comedy.” 2. All activity in the theatre that is not onstage or backstage, such as ticket selling, seating patrons and hanging lighting fixtures over the audience, is referred to as happening in the _____________________ area. 3. Nick’s job as a _____________________ means that he is concerned with all the articles that decorate the set of a play. 4. The director of this production needs to see a _____________________ of the set, in order to make sure that there are no obstacles to the twenty actors who will walk across it in very dim light. 5. The _____________________ was looking up into the grid above the stage to determine where best to hang the lighting instruments. 6. The huge white head of the King of Crete is the set for the opera, Idomeneo. When all the pieces of the head are together, it’s a symbol of authority and power. When the head comes apart, perhaps it’s a _____________________ for disintegration and breakdown. 7. If the colour of the set is primarily shades of blue, we should find the _____________________ colour for the costumes. 8. Shakespeare’s output of wonderful plays has given him the _____________________ status he’s held for centuries. 9. A huge part of the job of _____________________ is to keep track of the overall budget, making sure that no extra money is spent. 10. Canada has many excellent _____________________ playwrights, who write about today’s challenges and issues. 13.11.15 Is, was, has, does, says Because, as, Always, sometimes, at times His, hers, yours, theirs, ours These, those Annoying people: Ruda: My brother annoys me because he is dumb. And I hate myself. Daniel: I have (NOT half) one little problem with my bro. Ok, uh, hmm, he listens to heavy metal music every day. Pavel: My friend annoys me because he only cares about himself. Starat se o = to take care OF J He only cares about himself. 11.12.15 Nemas jeste dalsi tuzku? Don’t you have another pencil? (You idiot, I can’t believe you don’t!) Didn’t you finish the report? (How is it possible that you are so f+++ing slow?!?!) Nechces se pripojit? Don’t you want to join us? (What stupid plan have you already got that you don’t want to be with us???) L Do you want to join us? Try I’ll try to open the window, but it might be painted shut. Is it too hot in here? Let’s try opening the window to see if we can get some fresh air. Remember There is milk in the fridge, but I don’t remember buying it. Remember to buy Xmas wrapping paper! Stop Klara stopped smoking because of her boyfriend. On the way to Prague, Klara stopped (in order) to smoke. Go on He went on talking about his acting career all night. First he studied economics, and then he went on to study acting. Zacal se studiem ekonomie a pak presel na studium herectvi.