Film & Theater studies

Posted: December 11th, 2013

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller – your group has been hired to create a production of the modern tragedy that captures emotionally powerful, realistic human tragedy and real-life drama, while also engaging with Miller’s expressionistic design, which shows the breakdown of Willy Loman’s mind. For the full text of Miller’s play, visit USST’s page or paste this address into your browser http://cc.usst.edu.cn/Download/c849567f-a9d0-4250-9b4f-db3b7f3670ed.pdf
You will develop a treatment based on one of the productions described online, focused on a specific job in theatre ( acting). This is a combination of ideas specific to one theatre job (so actors would explain how a specific character functions in the show and how she/he should be played; Actor essays focus on one specific character in the scene and explain how that character functions in the show and how he/she should be played) and work product ( actor = analyze the scene for elements like objectives and tactics.