ARTS

• Theater play


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• Theatrical forms


  • Tragedy
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Melodrama
• Tragedy


  A dramatic play portraying the struggle of a strong-willed protagonist against fate, as predestined by mysterious, divine, social, or psychological forces, culminating in disaster and usually caused by a flaw in the protagonist's character
• Comedy


  A dramatic play of light and humorous character, typically with a cheerful and happy ending
• Drama


  A play that is "for real". The characters represent realistic and everyday people
• Melodrama


  A dramatic composition characterized by extravagant theatricality and the dominance of plot and physical action over characterization
• Elements of art applied to performance


  • Sound and music
  • Gesture, movement, and dance
  • Costume, mask, makeup, and accessories
• Sound and music


  Set different moods and emotions for the audience. Provide different effects to heighten the emotions of the characters and the audience. Make the play more realistic and exciting
• Gesture, movement, and dance


  Bodily movements or actions that usually express emotions, character, and narrative actions with accompanying sound or music. Every single gesture, movement or dance step conveys a meaning or message
• Costume, mask, makeup, and accessories


  Comprise the visual effects, of which the main function is to enhance visibility and aesthetic value. They help make the character appear realistic according to the role
• Sound and Music


  These two elements set for the audience different moods and emotions. Through the use of different sounds, they provide different effects to the play that heighten the emotions of the characters and the audience. The sound effects also make the play more realistic and exciting. The use of sound and music in a play entails the incorporation of sound recording and editing techniques using applications for computers, tablets and Android phones.
• Gesture, Movement, and Dance


  These are bodily movements or actions that usually express emotions, character, and narrative actions with accompanying sound or music. Every single gesture, movement or dance step conveys a meaning or message.
• Costume, Mask, Makeup, and Accessories


  These comprise the visual effects, of which the main function is to enhance visibility and aesthetic value. They help make the character appear realistic according to the role he/she portrays.
• Spectacle


  This is something exhibited for view as something unusual, notable, or entertaining, especially an eye-catching or dramatic public display which may be regarded as impressive and breathtaking and on stage if visual, lighting, sound, music, costumes, dance, and special effects are properly manifested in a play.
• Sarswela is a type of melodrama in three acts where pieces are both spoken and sung. Aside from being a significant part of the Philippine history, it was also employed as a tool to fight against colonization.
• Epic Poetry dates back to the pre-colonial period and is commonly presented during festivals and gatherings. It is considered by scholars to be the highest point of Filipino folk literature. The usual topics are romance and adventure.
• Duplo is a poetic debate presented through song and dance originating from indigenous courtship customs. In this type of play, poets use proverbs and riddles to present their suit to the woman of their choice.
• Moro Moro is one of the most popular types of theater that depicts the conflicts between the Moros and the Christians. Themes like love, and vengeance, and religion predominate.
• Senakulo is also known as Passion play. This dramatization of the life and death of Jesus Christ has been a part of the lives of the Catholics and is celebrated during Holy Week.
• Traditional Folkdance is one of the oldest forms of theater and thus an important part of our heritage today. These are dances that reflect the lives of the people in a certain place or region and describe their culture and origin.
• Bodabil is Vaudeville of American origin that became uniquely Filipino with the localization of the name, Bodabil. It is a variety show consisting of musical numbers and comedic and dramatic skits with songs and dances. It was popularized by Filipino artists like Dolphy, Anita Linda, and Atang dela Rama.
• Rhythm, Movement


  This principle guides the directors and other production staff of the play on the proper use of music and movement. These elements should contribute in setting the mood and tone of the play and the scenes.
• Balance


  This principle guides the director on how to achieve the proper balance and composition in terms of stage blockings, props, backdrops, costume and set design/set pieces. This will also guide the production staff in setting the right perspective of the play.
• Emphasis


  This principle guides the director on which part of the play should be emphasized. This will help in communicating to the audience the theme of the play.
• Harmony, Unity and Variety


  These principles guide the director on how to put the elements of arts like set design, costumes, spectacle, etc. in harmony. These elements should complement each other and also have variation to create a spectacular visual impact on the play.
• Proportion


  This principle guides the director as to how to make the play more realistic or stylized through proper use of space, height, width and sizes of the elements or materials to be used in the play.
• When analysing markets, a range of assumptions are made about the rationality of economic agents involved in the transactions
• The Wealth of Nations was written

  1776
• Rational


  (in classical economic theory) economic agents are able to consider the outcome of their choices and recognise the net benefits of each one
• Consumers act rationally by


  Maximising their utility
• Producers act rationally by


  Selling goods/services in a way that maximises their profits
• Workers act rationally by


  Balancing welfare at work with consideration of both pay and benefits
• Governments act rationally by


  Placing the interests of the people they serve first in order to maximise their welfare
• Rationality in classical economic theory is a flawed assumption as people usually don't act rationally
• Marginal utility


  The additional utility (satisfaction) gained from the consumption of an additional product
• If you add up marginal utility for each unit you get total utility