Plot Diagram
Introducing the character, setting, and background information
What is Exposition?
A group of people stands in a circle. One person extends their arm and says 'you' in another player's direction. This goes on for three rounds until everyone is in a different spot.
What is YOU?
The game where you have to tap the person, and they have to say the first thing that comes to mind.
Pillars
The secret map of a play that tells the actors and the director where to stand and how to act.
What are "Stage directions"?
A feeling of humor or Joy.
Hasya
The series of events that escalates conflicts and raises the stakes for characters leading up to the climax.
Rising Action
An unexpected event in a story that upsets the character
What is Inciting Incident/ Problem #1?
Players stand in a circle. One player is chosen to be "It.", and another is "The leader." The leader will perform a motion, and everyone must follow along. The person who is "It" must re-enter the room and have three guesses to pick the leader. If they pick correctly under three guesses or not, the leader becomes it and goes outside.
What is "Who started the motion?"
Characters in a scene.
Who
Stage directions are the playwright's instructions, helping the entire team figure out how to take the script and bring the story to life on stage.
Why do actors use "Stage Directions"?
A feeling of courage or energy.
Vira
The conclusion of a play, movie, etc.
Resolution
Where the conflict becomes more complex and suspends the buildup
What is Rising Action
All players sit except one who stands up. The player calls out a category, and everyone who fits into the category will get up and switch seats across the circle, and whoever is left without a chair stands. This will continue until everyone has stood up at least once or until our lesson begins.
What is "Categories"?
The timeline of a play or scene.
When
Stage left is the area of the stage to the performer's left as they face the audience, and stage right is the area to the performer's right.
What are the definitions of "stage left" and "stage right"?
A feeling of peace and calmness.
Shanta
Continuous attempts in a play, movie, etc., that progress the storytelling.
Trys (1,2,3,4 all count)
For every problem, there would be an attempt to fix it
What is the Try and problem?
Similar to "who started the motion." One player goes outside, and another player is chosen to be the frog. The frog's job is to eat the "Flies." The person who is "It" has three chances to guess who the frog is before all of the flies are eaten. Regardless of how many guesses it takes, the frog becomes it, and the game continues.
What is "Frog and the Fly"?
Represents the place or setting.
Where
Every direction in the center
What is "Upstage center, Center center, Downstage center"
A feeling of anger or rage.
Raudra
Move from one stage position to another without blocking.
Cross
The turning point or most intense moment/ highest point of tension
What is Climax?
You walk toward the person that you want to switch positions with, without talking or pointing
What is stage 3 of You?
Happened before the first problem.
What
giving actors specific physical actions (slumping shoulders, trembling), vocal cues (pitch, pace, tone), and contextual motivation (backstory, goals)
How can a director use stage directors to convey a character's emotions?
A feeling of pity, grief, or sadness.
Karuna
A group of art industry professionals (in this sense, actors) who work together and perform
Ensemble
An event after the climax that leads to the end, success, or failure
What is Falling Action?
Sometimes everyone would stand up, and sometimes evryoneone wouldn't stand up
What is Category
To get a suggestion for the game "Pillars."
Tap them
Every direction in the downstage
What is "Downstage right, Downstage Center, Downstage left."
The feeling of disgust.
Bibhasta
Key details in a play that shape the reality of the play
GIven Circumstances
The outcome: How have we changed?
What is Resolution?
The game is named after two animals
What is a frog and a fly?
The number of people in a group.
4 - 5
Every direction in the center
What is "Center left, Center right, Center Center"
The feeling of wonder and amazement.
Adbhuta
An actor angling their bodies to face the audience while having dialogue with their stage partner, even if the results look unnatural in a real-life context
Cheat out
The first problem is introduced
What is an inciting incident?
The prey is being hunted, and you have to figure out who is killing the animal
What is a frog and a fly?
What a story must consist of.
Beginning, Middle, End
Upstage is the area of the stage furthest from the audience, while downstage is the area closest to the audience.
What are "upstage" and "downstage"?
The feeling of fear and shame, or the feeling of desire and love.
Bhayanaka, Sringara
Facing the body away from the audience.
Blocking