Paper 2: SHAKESPEARE and Design Elements Purpose: to evaluate your ability to vi

Paper 2: SHAKESPEARE and Design Elements
Purpose: to evaluate your ability to view a show and critically analyze it’s DESIGN elements and how they add to or distract from the production.
Objective: View the Globe Theatre’s production of Romeo and Juliet attached here:

(Links to an external site.)
Criteria For Grading: Clear written discussion on elements of design (set, costumes, lights, sound, and props) with references to specifics from the production assigned for viewing.
Task for this assignment:
Review the design elements chapters in your textbook.
View the play attached above (note, only this production is acceptable. If you write about another you will not receive credit).
Write a response to the prompt that illustrates the purpose of for this assignment as stated above.
PROMPT: Aristotle talks about “spectacle” being an element of all drama. If we interpret spectacle as the various design elements today, how successful is this Globe Theatre production of Romeo and Juliet? Give specific examples to support your assertions.
Please take note:
Length: open and up to you. It should be as long as you need it to be to answer the prompt.
Your paper can only be on this particular production and must make specific referencesto it’s entirety (not just the first scene). You must have an intro paragraph with a clear thesis statement, WHICH NEEDS TO BE UNDERLINED.
You should show an understanding of the elements of design you are discussing which includes the purpose of the designers themselves.
You must site specific moments of the play supporting your statements. ( “it had awesome make-up” type comments would not earn you points.
You should state not just what you see and what you liked or didn’t like, but also your opinions on why you think they did things the way they did them – what you would have done differently and why – etc.
Improve your grade by using terms introduced in your text.
Be sure of your thoughts. Avoid phrases like “I guess” or “maybe they…”
Use your own words.
RUBRIC Thoughts: There is no formal rubric for this paper. But, TO GET AN A, show me you clearly saw the production AND have a strong understanding of the role of each designer while commenting on their work. RE-Writes are at the discretion of the instructor.

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