Drama: Expressive Skills and Play-Making Techniques

A character shows their disgust by tightly closing their eyes and sticking their tongue out.

What expressive skill is being manipulated?

• Movement

• Facial Expression

• Gesture

• Voice

Which play-making technique is being described below?

A performance given without planning or preparation.

What are the first three play-making techniques?

• Researching, Brainstorming, Improvising

• Brainstorming, Improvising, Scripting

• Scripting, Editing, Rehearsing

• Improvising, Researching, Brainstorming

Which of the following is not an expressive skill?

• Facial Expression

• Voice

• Energy

• Movement

Which expressive skill is being described below?

The ways in which people use their bodies to communicate with one another (often with arms or with full or partial body).

Of the four options below, identify the expressive skill and the play-making technique.

• Movement

• Performing

• Sound

• Refining

What is the main purpose of Brainstorming?

• To tell your group what scenes should be in your performance

• To determine who will play what character

• To plan the whole performance before it is scripted

• To gather, organise and discuss ideas for a performance

At what point of the play-making process would you edit your performance?

• After Rehearsing

• After Brainstorming

• After Scripting

• After Improvising

True or False?

The way an actor manipulates the Expressive Skills will differ between performance styles.

• True

• False

Which of the following is the correct definition of Expressive Skills?

• Expressive Skills are used to enhance performance and together create an actor's presence.

• Expressive skills are used to express and realise character.

• Expressive Skills are used to extract the dramatic potential of stimulus material.

• Expressive Skills are defined by the way acting, conventions and production areas are used to shape performances.