Show:
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
The act of COPYING something or someone. Doing exactly what someone else does.
What is MIMICRY?
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

VOCAL expression, projection, style, and diction are all forms of this performance element.

What is SPEAKING or SPEECH?

200

A type of acting that is COMPLETELY SILENT. These kinds of actors use only nonverbal expression - body movements to communicate everything.

What is Pantomime or mime?

200

It is the actor's ability to SPEAK OUT to the whole audience without having to shout. (Hint--not volume but similar to volume.)

What is PROJECTION?

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 part of the script that is spoken aloud?  (Hint--actors learn these.)

What are lines?

300

The practice for a play or musical is also called what?

What is a rehearsal?

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

Plays may be divided into these sections?

What are scenes and/or acts?

400

A conversation between two or more characters.

What is DIALOGUE?

400

The location one would expect to see a play or musical?

What is a theater and/or stage?

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

Directions given in parenthesis for actors to read but not say aloud.

What are stage directions?

500

A list of the roles and possibly the actors that play those roles.

What is a cast?

500

This is the most common form of drama.  (Hint--actors a musical).

What is a PLAY?

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