The Use of Imagination and Reality

1. The Use of Imagination and Reality

2. Audiences always try to search their own pieces of personalities and experiences when watching plays. • Once they find it, not only can integrate into the plays easily but also can feel indebted as if it were received in person.

3. Six Elements • 1.real actors • 2.unreal actors • 3. real people • 4.imaginary roles • 5.true stories • 6.imaginary stories

4. Unreal Actors VS. Real Actors • Unreal Actors: enlarge the possibilities of the play. Ex. animations • Real Actors: as usual.

5. Real People VS. Imaginary Roles • Real People: audiences have had impression on that person before . • Imaginary Roles: Directors can create imaginary roles depending on what groups of people that they want to attract.

6. Imaginary Stories VS. True Stories • Imaginary Stories: directors have no limitations of developing actions. • True Stories: it is possible to happen in daily life, the audiences may be convinced of believing the story much easily.

7. Eight Methods for Representation

8. Real actors act real people with true stories. • Real actors act real people with imaginary stories. • Real actors act imaginary roles with true stories. • Real actors act imaginary roles with imaginary stories. • Unreal actors act real people with true stories. • Unreal actors act real people with imaginary stories. • Unreal actors acts imaginary people with true stories. • Unreal actors acts imaginary people with imaginary stories.

9. Real Actors Act Real Person with True Story • The Aviator • Howard Hughes

10. Real Actors Act Real People with Imaginary Stories. • Shakespeare in Love • Shakespeare

11. Real Actors Act Imaginary Roles with True Stories. • United 93 • True story • Imaginary roles

12. Real Actors Act Imaginary Roles with Imaginary Stories • Moulin Rouge

13. Unreal Actors Act Real People with True Stories • 紀錄一九八二年九月發生在黎巴嫩首都貝魯特的大屠殺，當時以色列軍隊正包為此一地區，導演阿里富曼正是其中一名士兵，一天他與友人在酒吧，友人告訴他每天晚上重複著相同的惡夢，兩人覺得這與她們八零年代從軍時所執行的任務有關聯，讓阿里驚訝的是自己幾乎對那段期間所發生的事忘得一乾二淨，他決定與當年的朋友及同事們一一會面訪談，挖掘那段期間所發生的事實真相...

14. Unreal Actors Act Real People with Imaginary Stories • Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights • Real person: Adam Sandler

15. Unreal Actors Act Imaginary People with True Stories • 茉莉人生 • 故事描述伊斯蘭革命時期長大的小女孩，目睹同胞在革命戰火喪命，原教主義勢力不斷擴張，想聽ABBA、穿Nike的女孩只好離開祖國尋找愛與夢想。

16. Unreal Actors Act Imaginary People with Imaginary Stories • Up

17. To Sum Up • Letting audiences integrate into the plays easily and feel indebted as if it were received in person; is an important goal for directors. • To achieve the goal, directors often use both imagination and reality. • No plays are whole real. • Play is an artificial production.

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