Storytime
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?
The VISUAL BACKGROUND on a stage that tells you where the action is taking place.
What is the SCENERY or SET?
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?
A fake beard, a wig, and clothes from another time and place are examples of this.
What are COSTUMES?
It's WHO the story is about. It can be people or animals.
What are CHARACTERS?
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?
VOCAL expression, projection, style, and diction are all forms of this performance element.
What is SPEAKING?
This is the part of the plot in which the characters and setting are introduced.
What is the EXPOSITION?
The SERIES OF EVENTS of a story; the BEGINNING, MIDDLE, and END.
What is PLOT?
Anything the actors touches or uses during a play such as a phone or a glass of water.
What is a PROP?
A speech made by ONE character who speaks to a silent listener or an audience.
What is MONOLOGUE?
The part of the plot in which the protagonist begins facing conflicts and the action builds.
What is RISING ACTION?
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?
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?
A conversation between two or more characters.
What is DIALOGUE?
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?
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?
*Scenery/Set *Costumes/make-up *Props *Sound/Music These are all this type of drama ELEMENTS.
What are TECHNICAL ELEMENTS?
A speech made by one character directly to the audience, this is one of the types of monologues.
What is an ASIDE?
The most exciting part of the drama, this part of the plot is the highest point of conflict.
What is the CLIMAX?