Form, Structure, Style, Genre
A play that is improvised and may be rehearsed without a written script.
14 + because there are mature themes such as theft and escaping the police.
What is the target audience of Passing Places?
A scene that goes back in time.
What is a flashback?
A file that contains basic information about a character such as name, age, background etc. That is helpful to think about a character's upbringing.
What is a character card?
The vocabulary for the colour of light.
The vocabulary for the lantern.
The vocabulary for the dim or brightness of a lantern.
What is a gel?
What is a profile/fresnel spotlight?
What is intensity (0-100%)?
A drama that is has themes/issues/relationships that somewhat replicates real life?
What is the genre, a slice of life?
14+ because there are mature themes such as isolation, teenage romance, bullying, and elements of fantasy/supernatural and vampire violence.
What is the target audience of Let The Right One In?
A short one actor speech discussing the character's thoughts and feelings.
What is a monologue?
Where two actors switch characters. This is helpful to show a different perspective and inspire ideas to play a character you hadn't previously thought of.
What is role reversal?
SFX is shorthand for a production role.
The length of music/sfx.
Describe the music/sfx.
How loud or quiet the music/sfx is.
What is the shorthand for sound effects?
What is duration?
Is it happy/sad/piano/violin/orchestra/a certain song/creaking floorboards etc.?
What it volume?
A plotline that jumps through different time periods - not in chronological order.
What is a non-linear structure?
15+ because there is use of mature language such as swearing and mild sexual references, along with mature themes such as war recruiting and war anxiety.
What is the target audience of Cockroach?
A stage that has an invisible divide in the middle to show two events in the drama that are happening at the same time.
What is a split stage?
Asking a question and answering in character.
What is hotseating?
The vocabulary for creating a scar on the face.
The vocabulary for the colours to use on the face.
What is scar wax, fake blood?
Foundation or colour creme make-up (e.g. purple creme make-up to create the effect of tired eyes)
A drama where there is use of mime, and lots of symbolism.
What is the style, non-naturalistic?
This is where you choose an appropriate age-range or target a certain group of people who will most likely relate and understand the drama.
What is a target audience?
A still image created by the actors on stage that symbolises something important to the plotline.
What is a freeze-frame/tableaux?
Creating a scene outside your scripted drama such as a park bench, a day in the life, going to tesco and interacting with other characters in the drama. This helps make sure that you know how your character would respond using voice and movement in other scenarios.
What is improvisation?
A character has a blue nike jumper with holes at the elbows and the jumper comes halfway down the arm. Also wearing blue denim jeans with rips in the knees, and nike dunks black and white with the sole at the toes beginning to peel.
What is a good description of costume?
Name the mood and atmosphere for Passing Places, Cockroach and Let The Right One In.
At leader's discretion?
The voice word for changing how you speak depending on who you are speaking to?
What is register?
An actor who is telling the story on stage while other actors act out the story.
What is narration?
What is sneaky body language?
Grey creme make-up under the cheekbones using a brush in a swiping motion, dabbing purple and blue creme make-up under the eyes with a clean finger, using a light brown pencil liner at the sides of the eyes.
What effect does this make-up design have?