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Scenario is a component of this
Shakespeare Suite that provides an
opportunity for students to experience the kind
of insight and problem-solving that comes from
the process of preparing a play for performance.
One of the first things a director does when
working on the production of a play is to "block"
the scenes, working out what the text implies in
terms of movement across the stage, the groupings
of characters, the manipulation of props, stage
"business" and so on. Scenario makes it
possible to do this by a simple process of
selecting a short passage of the text, then
selecting characters and props from menus, and
dragging them to the appropriate place on the
stage. In this way, students can create a series
of "frames," as they work through the scene.
Students can then review or edit the frames they
have created.
The graphic of the stage is based on the
reconstruction of Shakespeare's Globe in London.
Characters are clothed in stylized versions of
period costume. Some sound effects are also
included: a cauldron bubbles menacingly in
Macbeth, a trumpet calls, and swords
clash. Users of the program are given an
opportunity to comment on their decisions in a
special comment window, and if the blocked scene
is submitted as an assignment, the instructor can
comment on each frame the student has created.
Support pages
for Scenario are maintained on this site.
Click here to see the
list of system requirements.
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