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• Elements of Drama

  • Tension
  • Rhythm
  • Mood
  • Conflict
  • Climax
• Tension


  • The development of suspense in a performance
  • Suspense means confusion, anxiety, or doubt
• Rhythm


  • The timing and pace of the drama
  • The beat or tempo
  • Shows the emotional state of one or more characters, or the atmosphere of the performance
  • It should not be the same throughout the drama
• Mood


  • The ambience or aura
  • The feeling of a performance
• Conflict


  • Internal: Man against himself (character’s internal struggle)
  • External: Man versus society (character fighting for his rights in the society), man versus nature (Character’s condition in the place where he is)
• Climax

  • Crisis or dilemma
  • The most exciting or thrilling part
• Drama Terms

  • Acoustic
  • Anti-timing
  • Audition
  • Backstage
  • Blocking
  • Body language
  • Breaking-up
  • Call back
• Acoustic


  • The sound applied to theaters
  • The sound used in the drama
• Anti-timing


  • Failure of some actors who seem to be too slow or too fast in responding to action or dialogue onstage
  • Delay response by actors
• Audition


  The opportunity of an actor to display his or her talents when seeking a role in an upcoming production of a play
• Backstage

  The entire area behind the stage of a theater, including dressing rooms
• Blocking


  Stage movements by actors, including entrances, exits, and any steps taken in any direction across the stage
• Body language

  Bodily movements (large or small), which indicate what a person is thinking or feeling
• Breaking-up

  • Out-of-place laughter by an actor on stage
  • Unscripted laughter
• Call back


  A request that an actor return for an additional audition
• Communication Strategies

  • When you do not know an exact word, use general words, synonyms (similar words), or antonyms (dissimilar words)
  • State your opinions by expressing your agreement or disagreement with the points raised (factual)
• Communication Strategies

  1. Expressing Disagreement

  2. Expressing Partial Agreement

  3. Always justify your opinions

  4. State your reasons

  5. Use your gestures and body language to help you communicate

  6. Nod your head to show that you understand

  7. Move your head sideways if you don’t agree

  8. Mime (act) what you want to say

  9. Look at the person you are speaking to in the eye

  10. Look confused when you don’t understand
• Eye Contact

  1. It builds connection between the speaker and the audience

  2. It shows respect and recognition

  3. It gives immediate feedback (interest, worry, excitement, or boredom)

  4. “Z” Formation

  5. Look at one person for three to five seconds and then scan the room and settle on another face

  6. Make eye contact with one section of the audience at a time

  7. Eye contact should be done randomly
• Verbals


  • A verb form used as a noun, adjective, or adverb
  • Types of Verbals: Participle, Gerund, Infinitive
• Participle


  • A verbal used as an adjective
  • It describes a noun or a pronoun
  • Patterns: Present Participle = verb + ing, Past Participle = regular verb with “-d” or “-ed,” or irregular verb with “-t” or “-en”
• Gerund


  • A verbal used as a noun
  • Used as subjects, direct objects, objects of prepositions, predicate nominatives, and appositives
  • Pattern: Verb + ing
• Infinitive


  • A verbal used as a noun, adjective, or adverb
  • to + verb
• Types of literature

  • Monologue
  • One Act Play
  • Short Story
  • Radio Play
  • Poetry
• Monologue

  1. A speech presented by a single character

  2. Often to express the character’s mental thoughts aloud

  3. To directly address another character or the audience
• One Act Play


  1. A play that has only one act, as distinct from plays that occur over several acts

  2. One-act plays may consist of one or more scenes
• Act

  • Major division of drama
  • Collection of scenes that flow together
  • Forms the basic structure of a performance
  • Each act often lasts for 30 to 90 minutes, or shorter if there are many acts or if the performance is not in
• Scene

  • Refer to the actual action that takes place in a specific and single setting and moment in time
  • Begins with the entrance of an actor (which starts the action) and ends with the exit of the actor (the signal of the end of
  • A smaller portion of the whole play
  • Usually a few minutes long (depending on the dialogue and action)
• Short Story


  • A piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting
  • Focuses on a personal incident or series of linked incidents
  • The intention is to create a "single effect" or mood
• Radio Play

  • A play written for broadcasting on radio
  • No visual content
  • Also known as “radio drama,” “audio play,” or “radio theatre”
• Poetry

  A literature in meter form
• Theatre and Drama Terms

  • Bus-and-Truck-Tour
  • Call Back
  • Cattle Call
  • Character Role
  • Chemistry
  • Cold Reading
  • Cue
  • Curtain Up
  • Finding Your Light
  • Monologue
  • Pace
  • Proje
• FINDING YOUR LIGHT


  • The actor’s place on stage
  • The actor knows what and where is his or her place to stage lighting
• MONOLOGUE


  • A single actor’s speech made to himself or herself to demonstrate ability at the audition
• PACE


  • The relative progress at which a scene is played
• PROJECTION


  • The act of presenting emotion as well as using voice so it can be clearly heard even in the back rows of the theatre
• REHEARSAL

  • Preparation and repetition of performance
• TYPECASTING


  • Giving a role to an actor that is related and expected of his or her appearance or personality
• FLOP


  • A theatrical production that fails to draw an audience, regardless of whether the critics liked it or not
• HAM


  • An actor that gives a very broad or exaggerated performance
• IN-THE-ROUND


  • A theater in which the audience is seated on all four sides of a central stage