Drama Basics
Conversations and lines that the characters during the play
The playwright’s job is to...
Write the play and make sure people buy the rights before they perform it
External character traits are…
A character’s outward appearance
When using stage directions, stage left and stage right are flipped (opposite) for who?
the director or whoever is looking at the stage
Poetry using word play and voice inflection is called
Spoken Word
What are 3 things an actor can use to show their emotions on stage?
Voice, Body Language, Facial Expression
Being in charge of the show during performances, telling the actors when to get to their places, calling light cues.
Internal character traits are…
Ways that a character acts/ways to describe their personality (Ex: funny, kind, intelligent)
Acting without a script and without planning ahead is called
Improvisation
What type of stage is the most popular and the most used in theatre?
Proscenium
Acting without words through facial expression, gestures and body language
Pantomime
What is the lighting designers job?
Working with the director to design how the lights will look during each scene
What is the definition of Objective?
A character’s main goal/what they want to achieve in a scene/play.
What is blocking?
Movement of the actors on stage that is preplanned
Who is Marcel Marceau
The first person to make miming famous? (traditional miming with painted faces and no props)
The storyline of the play is called the…
Plot
What is the set designers job?
Working with the director to make a sketch and model of what the set would look like
WHY a character wants to achieve their objective is called their…
Motivation
When one character delivers a lot of lines at once almost like a speech, it is called
A Monologue
Who wrote the play “Fences” ?
August Wilson
What part of the plot includes the most intense moments and a major turning point in the story?
Climax
Moving sets and props where they need to be for each scene on stage is a responsibility of who?
Stage Crew
Something a character tries to do in order to overcome an obstacle and achieve their objective is called a….
Strategy
When performing in a scene what is something you should always do?
Make sure both of you are always cheating out towards the audience
Make sure you are loud enough for the audience to hear
Make sure to remember your blocking
“Fences” took play in what time period?
1950's