Drama Quiz number 2

• Who is a narrator?

  A Narrator is a storyteller adding spoken commentary for the audience about specific details in the story
• Why is narration useful?

  Narration is useful in making a story more understandable for the audience
• What are 3 things a narrator can do?

  1️⃣A narrator can speak for a character and speak out loud what the character is thinking

  2️⃣A narrator can offer important information regarding setting, characters, and actions that have occured before the performance of the story begins

  3️⃣Actions or passing of time that occurs off-stage can be communicated to the audience
• Narration can be spoken live but is best...

  recorded
• Why is narration best when recorded?

  1️⃣When you record it, yu can control the volume and ensure there are no spoken errors

  2️⃣ The narrator does not need to perform on-stage

  3️⃣ You can include background music and sound effects

  4️⃣You can use narration with any type of lighting

  5️⃣Recorded narration does not need to be memorized
• Definition of a Dramatic Ensemble

  A group of performers who combine their talents to accomplish a group artistic goal
• Player


  -Listens to the group eader and stage manager

  -Ensures he/she is ready for her/his role
• Leader

  what are two characteristics of positive and two of negative leaders

  A player who tends to take charge.

  Two characteristics of positive leaders are that they listen to the group members and help the group stay on task.

  
  

  Two characteristics of negative leaders are that they tend to take charge over activities without giving others the opportunity to speak, and do not intergrate the ideas of the whole group
• A designer is...


  A member whose strength is contributing creative ideas about stage sets, lighting, costumes, props , and music/sound
• A Naysayer is ..


  a member who blocks, rather than contributes to the progress of the rest of the group. They will try to find fault in others creative ideas
• A soundboard is...

  what questions do they ask?

  A member who is a strong communicator and who likes to develop and articulate ideas and create the visual plan.

  They ask questions such as:

  -what if we...

  -wouldnt it be insteresting if we...
• A Stage Manager is...

  A member whose strength is organization. They are good at keeping track of time and helping the group focus by keepin others on task
• What is a Tableu?

  It is a still image frozen in time
• two types of tableaus

  Abstract (actors as objects) or Concrete (actors as people)
• Focal point is...

  The audience's eyes should be drawn to the most important object in the picture
• Levels are...

  Variety of physical levels provide visual interest.

  High, low and medium levels can be used.

  Levels communicateimportanceto the audience.
• how do levels communicate importance to the audience?

  High= strong, Low= weak
• Stage awareness description

  Distance between performers create an interesting picture.

  Left stage, right stage, upstage, and downstage are all to be used to create an interesting picture.

  Placing an actor downstage helps establish focal point
• Cheating out description

  Actors shouldnt hide their faces with their hair or hands.

  Actors should try to angle their body to face the audience
• When and where was the earliest recored dramatic performance?

  the earliest recording of dramatic performances took place in Greece, 600 BC.
• greeks were giving performances of....

  dancing and singing rituals to celebrate Gods. Specificallly, performances at festivals honouring the god, Dionysus. Later tehy held drama contests to honour him
• The chorus: during these dramatic contests up to...

  50 men or boys called a chorus would compete singing choral hymns with creative dances.
• on the choral performances (competences) they would include...

  The choral performances would include jokes, poems, and songs. Specific techniques were used to enhance the drmatic performances of the chorous
• Unison desc.

  reading the material togrther; voices must be unified
• Solo lines desc.

  Assigning specific lines or single lines to be read by an individual
• grouping desc.

  splitting the lines into two parts. The lines should be performed by two different groups of performers
• ECHO description

  reading words or lines with an echoing effect
• tempo desc.

  determinting the pace at which words are read