Year 7 Drama

What is a freeze frame/still image?

• A photograph

• A pause in the performance

• When actors freeze in an image on stage

• An acting skill

What is thought tracking?

• When the character speaks their thoughts aloud to the audience

• narrating the play

• writing down the characters thoughts

• actors share their thoughts on the scene

What is cross cutting?

• Cutting lines out of scenes

• Cutting down scenes so they are shorter

• Cutting characters off mid sentence

• Switching between two scenes happening at the same time

What is hot seating?

• Writing down questions for your character

• Answering questions AS your character

• Asking questions to other characters

• Answering questions ABOUT your character

What is narration?

• A type of physicality

• When you read a book

• Someone telling a story to the audience alongside the action

• Characters speaking to the audience

What should you NEVER do on stage? You can select more than one answer

• Have your back to the audience

• Speak loudly

• Use body language

• Laugh/break character

• Use facial expressions

What is a role play?

• to act out or perform the part of a person or character

• Acting as well as you can

• adding drama techniques to a performance

• adding music to a performance

What is vocal tone?

• The way you speak

• How loud you speak

• Emotion expressed through the voice

• How quickly your character talks

What are proxemics?

• A way of moving on stage

• How far away characters are from the audience

• A type of vocal skill

• The distance between characters on stage

What is non-verbal communication?

• Communicating through speaking

• Communicating without words

• Communicating with the audience

• Communicating with the other actors