VCE Drama Key Language (1)

_________ is the most significant moment of tension or conflict in a drama and often occurs towards the end of the plot.

Conventions are techniques or devices incorporated into the style of a performance. Which is not a convention in VCE DRAMA?

• Transformation of character (changing characters in front of the audience).

• Transformation of place (changing place in front of the audience).

• Application of symbol (creating meaning that is not literal).

• Actor–audience relationship ( Performing without an audience is a rehearsal and is therefore part of the development process.)

• Transformation of time (changing time in front of the audience).

Performance styles studied in VCE Drama will draw on drama traditions and practice including:

• ritual and story-telling

• realism and naturalism

• contemporary drama practice and and performance styles

• the work of drama practitioners and associate performance styles

____________ is the intensity an actor brings to a performance. At different times, an actor will use different levels of energy to create different performance dynamics. An actor may use low energy to create pathos. Conversely, an actor may use high energy to create a moment of tension.

____________ is created live, by the actor, in the performance. Voice, body percussion and objects can be used individually or in combination to create sonic effects in performance and to enhance meaning. Sound may include silence or the deliberate absence of sound.

Which expressive skill includes gait, posture and stance?

• voice

• facial expression

• movement

• gesture

Tension is the suspense that holds an audience’s attention as a performance unfolds. The release of tension may have a comic or a dramatic effect.

• TRUE

• FALSE

_______ drama is original work developed by the actors rather than work developed through interpretation of any pre-existing script. Each devised work has a creative process that encompasses a range of play-making techniques.

Space involves the way the performance area is used to communicate meaning, to define settings, to represent status and to create actor–audience relationships. This may be achieved through the use of levels, proximity and depth. The use of space may be what?

• large

• symbolic

• contained

• exaggerated

Performance skills are used to ___________ performance and together create an actor’s presence.