Elements of Drama

​Elements of Drama

​Year 7 | 2022

Elements of Drama

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By the end of the lesson, you will be able to name all of the elements of drama.

Success Criteria

In today's lesson you will be introduced to the elements of drama.

Learning Intention

​- Sir Ken Robinson

“If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.”

Why do we need to know them?

• ​Drama is created and shaped by the elements of drama

• In order to create and respond to Drama effectively, we need to be able to identify and anal​yse how the elements create dramatic meaning

• Space

• Time

• Language

• Symbol

• Audience

• Mood and atmosphere

• ​Role and Character

• Relationships

• Situation

• Voice

• Movement

• Focus​

• Tension​

​The Elements of Drama are:

Multiple Choice

Which of the following IS NOT an elements of drama?

• Tension

• Audience

• Scene

• Movement

• Voice

The identification and portrayal of a person’s values, attitudes, intentions and actions; characters are detailed and specific.

​Character

The identification and portrayal of a person’s values, attitudes, intentions and actions; role focuses on type and stereotype.

Role

Role vs Character

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Open Ended

In your own words, what is the difference between role and character?

​Relationships

• The connections and interactions between people that affect the dramatic action.​

• Relationships will often show different types of status

  • Changes in status make Drama more interestion

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Match

Match the following relatioships that you may see in a dramatic performance.

• Mother

• Student

• Owner

• Sister

• Wife

Child

Teacher

Pet

Brother

Husband

• Child

• Teacher

• Pet

• Brother

• Husband

Situation

The setting and circumstances of the dramatic action – the who, what, where, when and what is at stake of the roles/characters.​

Multiple Select

Which of the following elements of drama have you just learned?

• Situation

• Voice

• Relationships

• Role and Character

Using facial expression, posture and action expressively in space and time to create roles, situations, relationships, atmosphere and symbols.​

​​Movement

Using voice expressively to create roles, situations, relationships, atmosphere and symbols.

​Voice

Voice and Movement

Audio Response

Using your voice, what sound would a baby make?

Open Audio Recorder

​Focus

To concentrate the attention on a spatial direction or a point in space to intensify attention or increase the projection of intent. To direct and intensify attention and frame moments of dramatic action or to identify the main idea of the drama.

Multiple Select

Which of the following games require dramatic focus?

• 21 (count to 21 as a group)

• Sleeping Lions

• Grandmas Footsteps

• Bang

1. Tension of the Task

2. Tension of ​Relationships

3. ​Tension of Surprise

4. Tension of Mystery​

The 4 Types of Tension

​A sense of anticipation or conflict within characters or character relationships

Definition

​Tension

Open Ended

Name the 4 types of Tension found in Drama.

The fictional time in the narrative or setting; timing of one moment to the next contributing to the tension and rhythm of dramatic action.​

​Time

The space of the performance and audience, fictional space of the dramatic action and the emotional space between characters.

​Space

​Space and Time

Open Ended

Name 4 Elements of Drama

​Language

Ideas and dramatic meaning: the choice of linguistic expression and ideas in drama used to create dramatic action.​

​Symbol

Associations that occur when something is used to represent something else to reinforce or extend dramatic meaning.​

Subject | Subject

Match

Match the following symbols to their menaing

• Love

• Luck

• Go

• Stop

Heart

Four Leaf Clover

Green

Red

• Heart

• Four Leaf Clover

• Green

• Red

Audience

Individuals or groups of people who experience the arts in a range of settings and contexts (formal, informal, virtual or interactive) through intellectual, emotional and social engagement. The artist is audience to their own artwork.​

Open Ended

Why is the Audience an important part of Drama?

​Mood and Atmosphere

The feeling or tone of both the physical space and the dramatic action created by or emerging from the performance.​

Open Ended

Exit Ticket: Name all of the Elements of Drama.