theatrical terminology

• Coup De Theatre

  A sudden unforeseeable dramatic turn of evernts.
• Axiomatic

  A clear, explicit moral message
• Didactic

  Preachy story with a moral message
• dramatis personae

  the name
• proxemics 


  the usage of space, where they are in relation to eachother (disance, sitting / standing etc...)
• Kinescis

  Body language
• Prosodics


  The way something is said
• Interlude

  A fun, relaxed scene.

  Expectations = phatic talk, humour, free flowing conversation / overlapping
• Tense exchange


  A tense scene.

  Expectations = brief utterances, short minor sentances, no attempt to converge,
• Chekov's gun

  'If you put a gun there it must be used.'
• Coup de Theatre

  A sudden unforeseeable turn of events
• Hagiography

  Dead can do no wrong