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Arts 4th Quarter-notes

The document discusses Philippine-based theatrical art forms, emphasizing the collaborative nature of theater arts and the importance of various theatrical forms such as tragedy, comedy, and melodrama. It outlines key elements of art in performances, including sound, movement, costumes, and spectacle, while providing examples of traditional Philippine plays like Sarswela and Senakulo. Additionally, it includes an exercise for identifying terms related to theater and a performance task involving analysis of a scene from Miss Saigon.

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Arts 4th Quarter-notes

The document discusses Philippine-based theatrical art forms, emphasizing the collaborative nature of theater arts and the importance of various theatrical forms such as tragedy, comedy, and melodrama. It outlines key elements of art in performances, including sound, movement, costumes, and spectacle, while providing examples of traditional Philippine plays like Sarswela and Senakulo. Additionally, it includes an exercise for identifying terms related to theater and a performance task involving analysis of a scene from Miss Saigon.

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Arts 4th Quarter

Lesson 1: Philippine-based Theatrical Art Forms


Theater arts is a collaborative form of art where live performers act on stage before a group of audience in a
specific place carrying out a story. Live performances like theater plays demand the expertise and collaboration of each
member in the production team as well as the cast to produce a high-quality performance. One of the best examples of
theater plays is Miss Saigon, where Lea Salonga was selected to play the lead role as Kim.

Theatrical Forms
A. Tragedy
It is 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.
B. Comedy
It is a dramatic play of light and humorous character, typically with a cheerful and happy ending.
C.Drama
It is a play that is “for real”. The characters represent realistic and everyday people.
D.Melodrama
It is a dramatic composition characterized by extravagant theatricality and the dominance of plot and physical
action over characterization.
The Elements of Art as Applied to an Original Performance
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.

Examples of Philippine Plays


 Sarswela It 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 Dating back to the pre-colonial period and 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 It 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 It is one of the most popular types of theater that and depicts the conflicts between the Moros
and the Christians. Themes like love, and vengeance, and religion predominate.
 Senakulo It 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 It 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 It 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.

Exercise:

A. IDENTIFICATION Directions: Identify what is being described in each item by filling in the missing letters to
form the correct answer. Write your answers in your activity notebook.

1. It is a form of art that combines all other forms of art in which a story is told either through dialogue and
actions, and song or dance in a live performance. T H __ __ T __ R

2. It is a three-act melodrama that is performed in both spoken and sung words. __ A __ S W E __ A

3. These are two equally important elements in theater play that set different moods and emotions for the
audience. S __ U N __ and M __ __ I C

4. It is a play that depicts the battle between Christians and Moros on love and vengeance and religious themes.
__ O __ O M __ R O

5. It helps tell the story by helping the actor in his/her characterization. C __ __ T U __ __

6. This refers to all the visual and other special effects added in the show to create a quality and realistic play. __
P E __ T A C __ E

7. This is the theatrical play which paved the way to Lea Salonga’s recognition as a world-class talent.

M __ S __ S A __ G __ N

8. A person who writes the text of a play. P __ A Y W __ __ G __ T

9. This play evolves mainly on the sufferings of Jesus Christ before He was laid to death. S __ N __ __ U L O

10. It is a variety show that consists of comedic and dramatic skits in songs and dances. __ O D A __ __ L

Performance task 1:

Activity 1: Let’s Play! With the given link below, watch an excerpt of Miss Saigon then identify how the elements
of arts are incorporated by answering the questions that follow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=cwB3Zxh2gSE

Process Questions

: 1. What elements of arts were used in this scene? Briefly explain each.

2. How did the characters deliver their lines?

3. How did the characters portray their role? Did they justify the role they portrayed?

4. What did you observe with the setting of the play?

5. What sounds and music were used in the play?

6. Was the play spectacular? In what way?

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