Elements of Drama

What is the definition of Drama?

• The person who tells the story 

• A written form of play

• A conversation between characters

• A story told in dialogue by performers in front of an audience

What does time and place represent?

• Drama

• Character

• Setting

• Emphasis

A ________ is the fictional person in a given story and is played on a stage/screen

• Relationship
• Dialogue

• Character

• Narrator

An actor must maintain this throughout a performance, to create a believable performance of his/her role.

This is also used to consider where the audience pay attention to on a stage.

• Timing

• Character

• Focus

• Tension

The definition of tension in Drama is:

• How actors move on stage

• How the audience reacts to what is happening on stage 

• Engaging an audience and creating a mood/excitement 

• An dramatic action, tempo, pace and rhythm 

The connection between characters in a dramatic action is called...

• Identity

• Relationship

• Performance

• Situation

A list of characters that appear in the play or drama is called a....... They are also written in the brochure or program of the play.

• Cast

• Group

• Crowd

• Collective

Types of Drama include:

• Movies

• Stage plays

• TV shows

• All of the above 

What do you call words spoken by a character?

• Dialogue 

• Script

• Improvisation

• Mime

What is an element of improvisation?

• It is acting quietly, without sound 

• Creating a plot, characters and a scene in the moment 

• Reading from a script that is already prepared

• A comedy performance