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WorksheetsYear 7 Drama
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
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
How would you show status (importance) on stage?
Using different levels on stage
Speaking over other characters
Using eye contact with the audience
Using body language
What is vocal pitch?
How loudly or quietly you speak
How quickly or slowly you speak
How high or low your voice is
How you show emotion in the voice
What is a role-on-the-wall?
Playing different characters
exploring the personality of characters through an outline of a person
A way of creating a voice for the character
A diary entry for your character
What are stage directions?
Lines said by actors
Areas on the stage
Instructions for actors in a script
Tells the actors what direction to look in
What playwright was most famous during the Elizabethan era?
William Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
Francis Beaumont
Thomas Kyd
How were theatres in Elizabethan times (like the Globe Theatre) structured?
Modern theatres
Indoor theatres
Amphitheatres
Open air theatres
Which of the following is NOT a Victorian stock character? You can select more than one answer
Damsel in Distress
Heroine
Dame
Hero
Villain
What style of theatre was Victorian Melodrama?
Funny and short
Serious and sad
Over the top and dramatic
Historical and Factual
What two types of plays come from Greek theatre?
Comedy and Tragedy
Tragedy and History
History and Fantasy
Comedy and Fantasy
How many people would a Greek Amphitheatre be able to seat?
150-200 people
1000-2000 people
100,000-200,000 people
15,000-20,000 people
