Scene development
Scene development is a term from improvisational theater and theater pedagogy .
The working method proposed by Konstantin Stanislawski , the founder of naturalistic theater , for the development of a dramatic text by actors can also be tried out for the development of theater scenes on a chosen topic (drugs, violence, love, etc.) by means of improvisation without the basis of a fixed theater text . In this procedure, from the psychodrama of Jacob Levy Moreno is considered and related pedagogies that empathy is an imaginary situation in the center.
According to Stanislawski, when developing scenes, in addition to working out the conflict, the "W questions" play an important role: "Who?" (Type of characters, personal characteristics of the characters), "What?" (What is it about? . a marriage proposal), "Where?" (In a park, in an apartment, on the beach, etc.), "When?" (present or in a past epoch, time of year, in the early morning hours, during the day or in the evening ...) , “Why?” (Refers to the motivation of the people acting in the scene), “What for?” (Refers to the intentions of the people acting in the scene) and “How?” (How do the actors try to enforce their intentions ?).
The work on the characters' different motivations and intentions makes the underlying scenic conflict clear. The climax always represents the turning point , which ushers in the end of the scenic conflict without this having to be the resolution of the conflict.
literature
- Konstantin Stanislawski: The actor's work on himself , Henschel, Berlin 2002. ISBN 978-3894874230
- Keith Johnstone, Petra Schreyer: Improvisation and Theater. The art of reacting spontaneously and creatively , Alexander, Berlin 1993. ISBN 978-3923854677
- Gaby Reetz: Theater work: exercises, games and project ideas , Persen, Hamburg 2015. ISBN 978-3403535119