Storytime
The TECHNICAL stuff
Lights, Camera, ACTION
Drama
Vocabulary
EXTRA
100

The background, time, and place of where the action of a story, play, movie, or show takes place. It's the where and when of a story.

What is the SETTING?

100
The VISUAL BACKGROUND on a stage that tells you where the action is taking place.
What is the SCENERY or SET?
100

The art of speaking and moving to create characters in plays, movie, and TV. It is an actor PRETENDING to look, feel, and think like different characters.

What is ACTING?

100

This voice tells the reader or audience background information about the characters and the things they are doing. 

What is the NARRATOR?

100
A fake beard, a wig, and clothes from another time and place are examples of this.
What are COSTUMES?
200
It's WHO the story is about. It can be people or animals.
What are CHARACTERS?
200
It's something that actors WEAR to LOOK LIKE their characters and to make themselves as more believable as those characters.
What are COSTUMES and/or MAKE-UP?
200

The person who writes a drama or play. 

What is a PLAYWRIGHT?

200

These are larger sections of a play, like chapters of a book, that are made up of multiple scenes.

What are ACTS?

200

There are two scenes in the play Carl Is on the Case. Explain why?

What is CHANGE OF SETTING?

300
The SERIES OF EVENTS of a story; the BEGINNING, MIDDLE, and END.
What is PLOT?
300
Anything the actors touches or uses during a play.
What is a PROP?
300

The action that takes place in a single setting. 

What is a SCENE?

300

Sentences that are written to to tell the acts what to do or how to act. They are usually in brackets or parenthesis. 

What are STAGE DIRECTIONS?

300
A glass of water, a sword, or a phone are examples of this.
What are PROPS?
400
It is the written version of a play, movie, or show. Actors learn their lines from this and it tells them what to do and say. It describes all the details about the story.
What is a SCRIPT?
400

This is SOMETHING WE HEAR that is sometimes used in plays, movies, or shows TO CREATE A CERTAIN MOOD OR FEELING (such as suspense or fear).

What is SOUND and/or MUSIC?

400
A conversation between two or more characters.
What is DIALOGUE?
400

This place is where dramas are performed.

What is a THEATER?

400
A character is someone who the story is about but this is the PERSON who is pretending to be that character.
What is an ACTOR?
500
A STRUGGLE OR PROBLEM a character must solve by the end of the story or play. It is usually someone or something that tests, or challenges, a character.
What is CONFLICT?
500

The group of actors and actresses who play the role of different characters.

What is the CAST?

500

The message or lesson learned by the characters. 

What is THEME?

500

This is the most common form of drama.

What is a PLAY?

500
A form of drama that includes acting, music, singing, and dancing.
What is a MUSICAL?
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