Vocabulary
Define "dialogue"
Characters speaking to each other; People talking
In "Big Fish," what do people see when they look into the Witch's eye?
How they're going to die.
Final Girl
Horror
What is the biggest difference between screenplays and play scripts?
Screenplays describe what the camera does as well as what the characters do/say. Play scripts only describe dialogue and character actions.
Define "Exposition"
The who/what/where of a story. The beginning.
In a line of dialogue, where does the colon go?
Between the character's name and the line they are speaking.
In "The Princess Bride," what word does the character Vizzini repeatedly use?
"Inconceivable!"
Magic
Fantasy
In "Big Fish," Edward Bloom says that when you meet the love of your life, what happens?
Time stops.
Define "Conflict"
The main problem of the story. The event that sets the plot in motion.
What is a "monologue?"
A speech given by a single character. The vocalization of a character's thoughts.
In the Battle of Wits from "The Princess Bride," whose cup had the poison in it? Vizzini's or Westley's?
Both cups had poison in them.
Time Travel
Science Fiction
Name 3 antagonists from "The Princess Bride"
Prince Humperdinck
Count Rugen
Vizzini
The Albino
Define "Rising Action"
The events of the story that build on one another to lead us to the...
What is an "open scene?"
A scene with no obvious setting, characters, or props, which an actor can interpret however they wish.
The "Seinfeld" episode "The Chinese Restaurant" and the "Friends" episode "The One Where No One's Ready" both take place in "real time." What does the term real time mean?
The same amount of time passes for the audience as for the characters in the show.
Car Chase
Action
What is the seating area of the auditorium called?
The House
Define "Climax"
Where all the storylines come together, the "Big Fight," where the conflict is resolved (or sometimes not)
Name one of the 7 adjustments from the Plot Twist! assignment.
One character tells another a secret
One character gets emotional
A new character enters
Someone gets a message
The weather changes
An authority figure enters
Something or someone goes missing
Name one of the plays you or someone in your group read the first act of and tell me the name of the playwright.
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, etc.
Enemies to Lovers
Romance/RomCom
What does the term "audience surrogate" mean?
The character the audience identifies most with. The character who experiences the story the same way the audience does, who asks the same questions the audience would.
Define "Falling Action"
What happens to the characters after the climax. Leads us to the end of the story, the "Resolution."