Juxtaposition. A satisfyingly long word. In its simplest sense, it means placing something next to something else. In film, it is particularly “the contiguous positioning of either two images, characters, objects, or two scenes in sequence, in order to compare and contrast them, or establish a relationship between them; see also sequence, symmetry, and composition.” …
J is for … Juxtaposition — and a Wednesday Worthy Read More »
Improv. Improvisation. Acting without the roadmap of a script. Some actors revel in it, others, I suspect, dread it. A website like learnimprov can help a person to understand the basics, but there’s nothing like just getting up there in front of people and doing it. (Scary as that may sound.) Improvisation is also a …
H is for High Concept. Well yes, it’s also for “Huh?” I confess that when I first encountered the term I had entirely the wrong concept. I now know that the term originates in the world of film, and is most simply defined as a story idea that can be encapsulated pithily in a way …
First of all, I’m also over at Rena Traxel’s blog today, in an interview about my “other life” as a hymn lyricist. Please check it out! Now, back to Ground Plan. No, I haven’t suddenly switched to landscaping terminology. A ground plan is a drawing of a theatrical stage as viewed from above. A set …
As stated in my first A-to-Z post, I intend to continue my usual posts while keeping to the letter of the day. So today, F is for the picture book entitled First Ballet. (And there is a bonus book, as well!) Click to read more…
The Elements of Art are the basics that make up any work of art, that are looked for and analyzed when studying a work of art. The elements are line, shape and form, space, color, and texture. The Getty Museum has an excellent article about how to recognize and interpret these elements when looking at …
You’ve likely never heard of Dorothy Lawson — unless you’ve been part of the Manitoba classical music/voice world. Dorothy was a voice teacher par excellence, as well as an accomplished pianist, organist … the list goes on. A cello and a violin “lived” beneath the grand piano in her living room — she and her …
The term checking the gate makes me think of a story my mother often told of her father asking “Did you lock the barn door?” When she’d say, “Yes,” he’d counter with “Are you sure?” which of course made her suddenly unsure, so much so that she’d go back and check. In film terminology, however, …
