What does STRIKE mean. It is in my script as directions. I initially thought it was ment that I was supposed to hit that object - luckily the cast thought I was playing around and laughed. So I guess that isn't what it means.
2007-10-19 08:05:17 · 8 answers · asked by Diane A 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
It says STRIKE chair and jug.
2007-10-19 08:09:41 · update #1
in your case, striking the object means to remove it from the stage. if it's something your character does specifically, then you have to remove it. if it's something at the very end of a scene before a blackout or scene change, either you or a crew member should take it offstage before the next scene.
2007-10-19 09:01:36 · answer #1 · answered by smileychild 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been a professional actor for 26 years and an amateur for six years before that. Whatever I learned about theatre academically, I have either embodied automatically or ignored and forgotten. Every walk of life has its conventions. Trial and error has overlaid all human endeavor with rituals that have been proven to work. The convention overriding all others is that the audience must be prepared to suspend disbelief. Every bone in their body tells the audience that that is not Julius Caesar in front of them, but an actor. It is the actor's job to make it very easy to believe that he really is, for at least a little while, actually Julius Caesar. Then there is the "Fourth wall." That means that the cast behaves as if it were in a room and nobody is watching them. Any glance or gesture that indicates that the actor is aware of the audience is a breach of the contract to permit the suspension of disbelief. Then there is the convention of genre. In a comedy, an actor will freeze after delivering a zinger in order that the laughter will not mask what he has to say next. This breach of reality is understood and accepted by the audience. Similarly, in a pantomime, the audience will approve of an actor "breaking the fourth wall" in order to take the children in the audience into his confidence. I could go on and on. I don't know what your teacher is looking for; but I'm too busy doing it to understand it.
2016-05-23 18:54:14 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually strike is used as in 'strike the set' which is when you tear it all down after the last show and before you have the cast party. Not sure what it would mean as directions.
2007-10-19 08:08:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
striking is when the director or tech crew sets the stage for scenes. for instance, they may put glow tape on the floor for a "meeting scene", in which the chairs need to be placed in a specific order. its basically like blocking, but for props in most cases
2007-10-20 17:24:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As "crazyem" mentions, that's what is usually means. It could be that these props are removed from a set, between scenes, as if, during the hiatus, the play's characters moved the objects.
2007-10-19 08:14:20 · answer #5 · answered by Vince M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means take the chair and jug off stage. Break a leg! That means good luck...don't actually get someone to run over you with their car....lol....just kidding.
2007-10-19 15:32:59 · answer #6 · answered by ndn_ronhoward 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it can mean different things - but from your description it will mean in this case to remove it from the set
don't worry about thinking you had to hit it - i've made worse mistakes! and i once had someone ask me what offstage meant ... ; )
2007-10-19 09:23:14 · answer #7 · answered by Sunny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remove.
SET means place.
2007-10-19 18:31:56 · answer #8 · answered by d_cider1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋