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Introduction to Drama

Introduction to Drama. 1/ 15/14. Drama. A type of fiction that is written to be performed by actors. Acting. The work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character. Actor.

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Introduction to Drama

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  1. Introduction to Drama 1/15/14

  2. Drama • A type of fiction that is written to be performed by actors

  3. Acting • The work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character

  4. Actor • is a person portraying a character in a production • (Think, pair, share :30) • Question: Who is your favorite actor or actress and why?

  5. Audience the assembled spectators or listeners at a public event, such as a play, movie, concert, or meeting

  6. Dialogue conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie

  7. Acts Major “chapters” within a play. There are usually 5 and they match up with the plot map

  8. Scenes A subdivision or part of an act. • Imagine you are watching a DVD and you want to skip to the next scene. You hit the forward skip button, but it takes you too far, because it has taken you to the next ACT. You would have to fast forward manually within the DVD to get to the SCENE you were looking for.

  9. Stage Directions • Notes in a play that describe how the work should be performed or staged. They describe scenes, lighting, sound effects, and character actions.

  10. Sets • The constructions that set the scene for the drama. • May Include: painted backdrops, wooden frames, and trap doors • A play set in a person’s bedroom would look like a bedroom and have a bed

  11. Props • Movable objects, like swords or pens, that actors use onstage • :30 Think, pair, share: What is an example of a prop we used during “Masque of the Red Death” in class?

  12. Dramatic Effect • All the elements of drama combine in performance to produce the vivid illusion of reality

  13. Theme (drama) • Plays explore a theme or insight into life

  14. Tragedy • The downfall or death of the tragic hero,or main character. In ancient Greek drama, the hero was an outstanding person brought low by a tragic flaw,a mistaken action or defect in character.

  15. Chorus • A group of performers who commented on the action

  16. Comedy • Ends in a happy ending, usually after an amusing series of predicaments. While tragedy emphasizes human greatness, comedy stresses the weaknesses of ordinary people or of society itself.

  17. Dramatic Speech Speeches delivered by characters • Monologue- a long, uninterrupted speech delivered by a character to other characters who are onstage, but remain silent • Soliloquy- a speech in which a character is usually alone on stage reveals private thoughts that the audience is allowed to overhear • Aside- Brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience rather than to other characters

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