Drama GC's Pop Quiz

What is a given Circumstance

• The Setting

• When, who, why and however of the character in the scene

• Where, when, why and how the character is in the scene

• The stage directions

What is context

• What your character wants, how they will get, what they are wearing.

• Who the character is

  What they want

  Who is stopping them

  How they will overcome the challenges

• What got your character here and where they came from

• The setting

What are the given circumstances of character A in these lines?

A"I have lost everything! I am a captain of industry! This is my life!"

B"Do you want to put some pants on Captain?"

A"None of them fit"

A(Finishes eating donut)

• He loves Donuts

• He is loosing his job and his title as captain. He refuses to wear pants because they are too small and needs to buy new ones.

• He has lost something, his life is over, he is going to die and he has no pants on because he is about to go to the toilet.

• He has lost everything, he was someone of great power or respect and now something has changed. He has responded to this by eating too much and his clothes don't fit.

What are the given Circumstances of BATMAN?

How does set help us understand the Context of a scene?

Context = Where, when, who and what

How does costume help communicate context?

Use an example

What is the context of this scene

1917 somewhere in France, the streets are empty, there is a fire with black smoke filling up the sky.

There are no voices, no traffic, no lights.

Just the sound of crackling flames in the distance.

• Death

• War

• Destruction

• All of the above

What kind of play could the previous piece of text be from?

Give me a brief synopsis.