Storytime
The TECHNICAL stuff
Lights, Camera, Action
Creative Dramatics
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 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
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 is 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
A conversation between two or more characters
What is dialogue
200
The name of the "good" guy or hero
What is protagonist
200
A glass of water, a sword, or a phone are examples of this.
What are props
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 are props
300
The name of the person who wrote the play
What is playwright
300
The "bad" guy or villian
What is antagonist
300
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
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 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 music
400
The text/document that tells the drama story
What is script
400
The "chapters" that a drama play is separated into
What are acts
400
a dramatic work that is light and humorous in tone and usually ends happily.
What is a comedy
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 instructions written in brackets to tell the actors what to do.
What are stage directions
500
List of characters
What is cast of characters
500
"This" changes when the setting changes
What is scene
500
a dramatic work that presents the downfall of a character due to bad judgment and that leads to a disastrous conclusion, usually death.
What is a tragedy
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