Shadow Puppetry Vocabulary

At the beginning of this unit, I was confident in how to do shadow puppetry.

• Yes

• No

Draw your confidence level in shadow puppetry now.

A script is...

• a set of papers with writing that will be acted out

• a set of directions for where to be on stage

• a set of papers with writing that will be published in a newspaper

a work intended for performance by actors on a stage

• essay

• drama

• Greek myth

• a RACE response

A performer could use models of characters, or (a)   to tell a story.

Instructions in a script that indicate: movement, sound effects, lighting, or tone of voice

• setting description

• stage directions

• character description

• title page

 length, width and height

• area of a surface

• distance between the actor and the audience

• depth

If an actor is standing in the dark because the spotlight is to the right, they need to move (direction) (a)   .

If a puppet is too far right to be seen, the person holding it needs to manipulate the puppet farther (direction) (a)   .

When an actor is towards the back of the stage, moving away from the audience, they are (a)   .