Elements of Drama
The people or animals in a story.
What are characters?
Using your face to show emotions.
What are facial expressions?
This crew member calls lighting, sound, and scene change cues during performances.
Who is the stage manager?
The conversation between characters in a script is called this.
What is dialogue?
In improv, this happens when actors create dialogue and action without a script.
What is improvisation?
The sequence of events in a play.
What is the plot?
The way an actor moves their body to communicate feelings.
What is body language?
Costumes, props, scenery, lighting, and sound are all examples of these.
What are technical elements?
A playwright includes these instructions to tell actors how to move, speak, or react.
What are stage directions?
The most important rule of improv is accepting your partner's ideas and building on them.
What is "Yes, And"?
The place and time where a play occurs.
What is the setting?
The hidden meaning beneath a character's spoken words.
What is subtext?
The purpose of a prop is to do this.
What helps tell the story or support the action on stage?
Dialogue reveals this about a character.
What are their personality, thoughts, or motivations?
An actor suddenly changes the scene's location from a classroom to a spaceship. This is an example of establishing the ______.
What is the setting?
When the audience knows something a character does not know, it is called this.
What is dramatic irony?
Understanding what a character wants in a scene.
What is character motivation (or objective)?
This designer is responsible for creating the visual environment of the play.
Who is the set designer?
The sequence of events that leads to the climax is called this part of the plot structure.
What is rising action?
The process of making a scene believable by clearly establishing who the characters are, where they are, and what is happening.
What is scene building?
This type of conflict occurs when a character struggles with their own thoughts, fears, or decisions.
What is internal conflict?
An actor changes their vocal tone, pitch, pace, and volume to improve this aspect of performance.
What is vocal expression or vocal variety?
Before a show opens to the public, actors and technicians participate in this rehearsal where all technical elements are practiced together.
What is a technical rehearsal (tech rehearsal)?
A character who changes significantly throughout the story is known as this type of character.
What is a dynamic character?
A performer fully commits to a ridiculous character or situation instead of laughing or breaking character. This demonstrates this important improv skill.
What is commitment?