Applying Acting Styles

We looked at epic theatre which was created by Bertolt Brecht. We looked at different quotes that we thought linked to theatre the most. We found out a lot about Brecht in this lesson and looked back at the history we found out that he used to be a medic in the world war and then deciding to go into theatre and is the most well known practitioners of all this time.  We did a task who we thought were communism and fascism this was interesting and made me think a lot about each person and I learned a lot of Brecht and found out different techniques he created and used.



Lorna and I did some research and we found out a lot about what Brecht came up with.

• Verfremdungseffekt = Distancing

• Wanted the audience to think

• Theatre for the brain, not for the heart

•  Didn't want the audience to become emotionally attached

• Breaking the fourth wall - directly addresses the audience

• Narration

• Third-person narration (normally takes place within a freeze-frame)

• Speaking the stage directions

• Using placards

• Multi-rolling

• Minimal set / costume / props

• Symbolic props

• Bright whit lights / visible scene changes

• Song & dance - style of the music and lyrics don't seem to fit together

• Montage (a rapid sequence of cross-faded or straight-cut segments)