Name the Drama Element
Time of day, year or era. Also refers to how time passes.
What is Time?
Examples of this include waving or holding your hand as a 'STOP' sign
What is Gesture?
The speed at which lines are spoken
What is Pace?
Traditional narrative - start to finish
What is Linear?
9/10 Class Play 2023
The Marvelous Mellow Melodrama of the Marriage of the Mislaid Minor
Physical area actors perform in
What is Space?
Looking someone in the eye
What is Eye-contact?
Short breaks in dialogue, used to build tension
What is Pause?
Non-traditional structure - may use flashbacks or episodes
What is Non-Linear?
Production 2022
Aladdin
Location where action occurs in the world of the play
What is Place?
Physical alignment of the performer's body
What is Posture?
Height or depth of the voice
What is Pitch?
How a performance evolves (e.g. from creating characters, to planning, rehearsing and refining)
What is Process?
9/10 Class Play 2021
The Girl Who Cried Wolf
Feeling in a scene or play
What is Atmosphere or Mood?
How a performer moves - fast, slow heavy, fluid, ridged
What is Gait?
Inclusion of pauses and how the actor chooses to break up or emphasise speech
What is Phrasing?
Talking to or noticing the audience
What is Breaking the Fourth Wall?
Production 2019
The Wizard of Oz
Objects, colours, sounds or gestures that represent an idea
What is Symbol?
Person who invented Effort Actions
Who is Laban?
How words are pronounced
What is Language, Accent or Pronunciation? (Each are acceptable answers)
The actor-audience relationship and the audience's response to the drama
Audience engagement
Production 2017
Beauty and the Beast