Devising Quiz 1

What are flashbacks and flash forwards?

• A technique whereby one or more performers speak directly to the audience to tell a story

• Performers in a scene are asked to improvise scenes which take place seconds, minutes, days or even years before or after a dramatic moment

• A useful technique for sharing improvised drama when you have divided the class into smaller groups

What is hot seating?

• A character is questioned by the group about his or her background, behaviours and motivations

• Still images are used to explore abstract concepts such as relationships and emotions, as well as realistic situations

• The use of body-shapes and postures to represent characters or objects

What is narration?

• Still images are used to explore abstract concepts such as relationships and emotions, as well as realistic situations

• A way to speak aloud the thoughts or feelings of a character in a freeze-frame

• A technique whereby one or more performers speak directly to the audience to tell a story

What is a freeze frame?

• Performers in a scene are asked to improvise scenes which take place seconds, minutes, days or even years before or after a dramatic moment

• The use of body-shapes and postures to represent characters or objects

• A character is questioned by the group about his or her background, behaviours and motivations

What is role play?

• A drama technique borrowed from the world of film editing, where two scenes are intercut

• A technique whereby one or more performers speak directly to the audience to tell a story

• The basis of all dramatic activity. It is the ability to suspend disbelief by stepping into another character shoes

What does devising mean?

• To plan, create or invent by careful thought

• To divide something up equally

• To make a decision