It must be a LIVE show with an audience. You cannot watch Sweeney Todd with Johnny Depp or the movie version of Rent or Phantom. It cannot be a concert. You must go to You Tube or BraodwayHD and find a live play or musical.
Muchmore information is needed when discussing the acting
More information from the play. More on the visuals.
This rubric is to be used when writing a critique of a live play on video. The student must see the entire play.
As to format, each paper should be typed, double-spaced and two full pages in length. No additional research is necessary. The first paragraph should include the title of the play, the date the play was seen, the location of the play and the names of the director and the designers. All names, including the name of the play, should be accurate and spelled correctly.
The short synopsis of the plot should be discussed in the second paragraph of the paper. This, as in all other parts of the paper, should be in the student’s own words and not borrowed from any other source, including the play’s program.
The remainder of the paper should include critiques on five actors , including their character name and real name, with detailed examples from the play. This discussion should be specific, using moments from the play to support your personal opinions. For example, instead of saying, “I didn’t like John Smith who played Matt Jones’, it would be better to say “I didn’t like John Smith who played Matt Jones because he looked like he was acting all the time and I didn’t believe him, especially in the scene by the river.”
The paper should also include comments regarding the play’s technical elements: the set, lighting, costumes and music. Again, comments should be specific to the play and not generalized. As an example, in discussing the lighting, instead of saying, “I didn’t like the lighting because it was too dark”, one might say, “ I couldn’t see faces well in the scene that took place in the café, especially in the characters on the sides of the stage”.
This paper is worth 100 points. Weak sentence structure, misspelled words, a paper length under 2 full pages or over 3 pages, omission of the paper’s content requirements, unsupported or vague comments, or late submission of the paper will result in less points earned.
BE as detailed as you can when writing your opinion on the acting and the visual elements, sound and music.