Drama

• Lighting


  Lanterns, colour, position, focus
• Lantern types


  • Flood
  • Fresnel
  • Profile
  • Follow Spot
  • Parcan
  • Birdie
• Lighting effects and adjustments


  • Barn doors
  • Gels
  • Iris shutters
• Stage positions


  • Upstage Right
  • Upstage Centre
  • Upstage Left
  • Stage Right
  • Centre Stage
  • Stage Left
  • Downstage Right
  • Downstage Centre
  • Downstage Left
• Lighting positions


  • Top lighting
  • Up lighting
  • Side lighting
  • On stands
  • General cover
• Lighting focus


  • Use lanterns to focus onto a character or moment
  • Use barn doors or iris shutter or a profile to direct light
• Sound


  Soundscapes, music, sound effects (SFX)
• Sound design elements


  • Realism
  • Symbolism
  • Minimalism
  • Fantasy
• Diegetic sound


  Sound characters can hear onstage
• Non-diegetic sound


  Sound the audience can hear but the characters don't
• Atmos


  Live sounds created during the performance
• Pre-recorded sound


  Sounds created beforehand and played during performance
• Sound direction


  Where the sound is coming from
• Soundscapes


  An aural picture of the atmosphere you intend to create
• Speakers


  Used to amplify sounds you create
• Costume elements


  • Shape
  • Colour
  • Fit
  • Texture
  • Fabric
  • Accessories
  • Hair
  • Make-up
• Fabric


  The type of material a costume is made from, affecting its weight, how it moves, and how the actor can move in it
• Fit


  How the clothes hang on the body, which parts are loose or tight, reflecting the character and class
• Accessories


  Items like umbrellas, briefcases, bags, jewellery that represent the character
• Colour


  Colours used on costumes have functions like telling the audience about the character's mood or personality, or creating an atmosphere
• Texture


  The choice of fabric, weight, thickness, smoothness or crease, can create different feelings, moods or indicate social/personal status
• Shape


  Different shapes can have different effects on the audience or create different impressions of the character, including the outline, padding, or shaping
• Stage types


  • Proscenium Arch
  • In the Round
  • Traverse
  • Thrust
• Set design


  Locations needed, atmospheres, indoor/outdoor, specific items, entrances/exits, problematic movements, health and safety
• Set elements


  • Shape
  • Colour
  • Scale
  • Texture
• Flats


  Painted pieces of scenery
• Fly


  Cloth or wooden backdrops that can be lifted up or down
• Book flat


  Hinged flat that is free standing
• Block/platform


  Used for variable performance heights
• Truck


  Scenery on wheels
• Live Theatre Introduction

  • I watched " Things I know to be true "
  • Written by Andrew Bovell and Frantic Assembly
  • I watched the digital theatre recording
  • Performed at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 2016