KS3 Key Drama Techniques

What does the term 'THOUGHT TRACKING' mean?

• A character stops to think about their actions.

• The audience calls out what they think a character might be feeling.

• A character tracks their thoughts across the performance.

• An aid to characterisation: the character speaks their thoughts out loud to the audience.

What does the term 'STILL IMAGE' mean?

• Creating a picture to represent a frozen moment or highlight an important idea.

• Staying still during a performance.

• A moment in a film.

• All actors on stage making sure that they are never still.

What does the term 'MARKING THE MOMENT' mean?

• Making an important moment clear through great acting.

• Staying still at an important moment.

• Using a still image and thought tracking to highlight an important moment.

• Stepping out of character and explaining why this moment is important.

What do the terms 'FLASHBACK & FLASHFORWARD' mean?

• To interrupt the chronological order of events to either show something that happened at an earlier time or future events. Movement between places.

• Showing something that happened earlier.

• Showing something that happened later.

• Showing something that happened either earlier or later.

What does the term 'CROSS-CUTTING' mean?

• To show the movement between places through use of a split stage.

• Showing something that happened earlier.

• Showing something that happened later.

• Showing something that happened in another place.

What does the term 'NARRATION' mean?

• Reading the story.

• A character telling their thoughts aloud to the audience.

• The audience telling the story.

• A character telling the story from their perspective or an actor telling the story from outside the action.

What does the term 'MIME' mean?

• Acting without words using hand gestures, body movements and facial expressions to represent a feeling or idea or to convey a story.

• Acting without words or movement.

• Telling the story through dance and song.

• Acting with your vocal skill only, telling the story through use of pause, pitch, pace, tone and volume.

What does the term 'SLOW MOTION' mean?

• Performing the whole piece of drama at half speed.

• Movement performed at a slowed down speed to create tension or highlight an important moment.

• Making sure the piece lasts 10 minutes.

• Stopping after every scene for a STILL IMAGE.

What does the term 'CHORAL SPEECH' mean?

• Speaking together with others on stage, in unison.

• Speaking together with members of the audience, in unison.

• Speaking together with one other person.

• Speaking loudly on stage, making sure you can be heard at all times.

What is the term used to describe actors moving together in unison on stage?