Comprehensive Notes on Performing, Visual, and Media Arts
- Chronological Context: Recorded under entries dated 6-18-26 and 6-19-26.
- Vocal Music:
- Definition: A series of genres written for solo voice or for multiple voices in combination.
- Instrumental Accompaniment: Performed either with or without instruments.
- Instrumental Music:
- Definition: A piece of music created strictly through musical instruments.
- Key Characteristic: Does not contain any words or vocals.
Dramatic and Movement Arts
- Dance:
- Definition: Expressive physical movements of the body.
- Musical Context: It is often accompanied by music or rhythmic sound.
- Theater:
- Definition: A performance art staged on a platform to portray characters and convey complete stories.
- Modes of Expression: Communicates narratives through dialogue, physical actions, and bodily gestures on a stage.
Visual and Applied Arts
- Comics:
- Definition: A publication format, such as a magazine or book, that presents narrative stories.
- Composition: Told primarily through pictures accompanied by a small amount of writing.
- Weaving:
- Definition: A traditional method of textile creation.
- Process: Involves passing the weft threads over and under the warp threads using a specialized frame or machine called a loom.
- Architecture:
- Definition: The combined art and science dedicated to designing buildings and physical structures.
- Animation:
- Definition: A specialized technique used to create the visual illusion of movement or change within artwork.
- Mechanism: Executed by presenting a sequence of individual static images rapidly in succession.
- Film:
- Definition: Motion picture content shown in a cinema theater or broadcast on television.
- Purpose: Frequently produced for the purpose of telling a narrative story.
- Documentation:
- Definition: The dedicated practice within cinema dedicated to recording, capturing, and preserving various aspects of the overall filmmaking process.