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WorksheetsNational 5 The Chase
Total questions: 63
Worksheet time: 32mins
What is a character card
A card that shows the characters costume
A card that displays information about the playwright
A card which can be filled in with details about a character e.g. age, personality.
A card that contains information about a the play
What are flies in terms of drama
What are the wings of a stage?
The sides of a theatre stage.
An arch enclosing the stage.
The theatrical classification of a drama.
The process of fully developing a character.
What is a Fresnel lantern?
An alternative way of presenting part of the drama.
A drama which includes both speech and music.
A drama which includes both speech and music.
A lantern giving a soft edged beam of light.
What is a comedy?
A character's importance relative to others.
A drama which is features humour and a happy ending.
A list of all costumes for each character in a drama.
A drama centring around crime, police or court.
What is a follow spot?
An area of the stage?
A powerful profile used to follow the actors around the acting area.
A way of speaking used in a local area or country.
Clarity
Accent
Pitch
Tone
A structure in which the action does not unfold chronologically.
A section of the drama which shows an event in the past.
The tool used to create an unshaven look or the appearance of cracked veins.
stipple sponge
A device in which the audience's knowledge of events or individuals surpasses that of one or more characters.
When movements on stage follow a pattern or beat.
The clearness of the voice.
A list of all costumes for each character in a drama.
Costume Chart
Costume Code
Costume List
Costume Deisgn
When the audience is required to move around the performance space to be able to watch the action.
Forum Theatre
Traverse
End on
The stress on a word or phrase.
Intonation
When the audience is positioned all the way around the acting area.
Thrust
Forum Theatre
End on
The playing of recorded speech during a performance.
Voice Over
Monologue
Soliloquy
Mime
The speed or speech of movement.
level
pitch
gait
To change from one lighting/sound cue to another with no blackout in between.
The way in which time, place and action are sequenced in a drama.
Genre
Structure
Style
Form
A drama centring around crime, police or court.
A lantern giving a hard edged beam of light.
Fresnel
Flood
Blackout
Any job in the theatre which involves handling the audience e.g. box office, refreshments, usher.
front of house
Sheets which can be filled in with details about a character e.g. age, personality.
Character card
A form of drama where the audience suggests changes to the action in order to change the outcome.
Pantomime
Forum Theatre
Docudrama
Theatre in the round
When an actor writes a letter or a diary as their character.
Writing in role
Role on the wall
Voices in the head
The liquid rubber which can be used to make skull cap moulds and false noses.
When a character speaks their thoughts aloud as a characterisation technique.
thought tracking
writing in role
monologue
role on the wall
A drama which reconstructs real events.
Docudrama
Slice of Life
Comedy
Melodrama
The equipment used to create a mood/atmosphere on stage, or an impression of something else, e.g. a smoke machine, a strobe light.
Set design
Lighting
A genre which uses various types of comic exaggeration to ridicule human institutions or behaviour, in the hope of them being changed or corrected.
When the audience is positioned on one side of the acting area.
In The Round
Traverse
End On
A form of drama usually performed at Christmas and based on a fairy tale.
Anything which suggests ideas that can be developed into a drama, e.g. a photo, a quotation.
Structure
Script
Form
Stiumulus
The back wall of the stage which can be painted or lit.
set
cyclorama
props
rake
A character's importance relative to others.
Relationships
Movement
Proxemics
Status
A single, lengthy speech made by a character alone on stage.
A section of the drama which shows an event that is in the future, or is imagined.
flashback
freeze frame
mime
The use of the movement or position of the body to communicate with the audience.
proximity
pitch
The aim of the drama, e.g. to communicate a message, to explore a theme or issue, to educate.
convention
style
Structure
purpose
When the audience is positioned on three sides of the acting area.
The theatre term for steps.
Treads
Tabs
The use of a narrator to tell the story of the drama.
Dramatic Irony
Split Stage
Aside
Narration
When the whole acting area is evenly lit.
Wash
Blackout
Spot
Crossfade
A specific group of people at whom a drama is aimed.
The adjustable metal flaps attached to the front of a lantern for shaping the beam of light.
Barn Doors
Gobo
A film placed in front of a lantern to change the colour of the beam.
Gobo
Gel
Clamp
The scenery used to show where a drama takes place.
When a character or characters walk past others who comment on their situation.
Improvisation
Thought Tunnel
Role on the wall
Script
A drama which features exciting events and exaggerated, cartoonish characters. This genre emerged in the 19th century and often incorporated music.
A style of drama, acting, or movement which attempts to create a perfect illusion of reality.
Realism
Scripted
Naturalistic
Docudrama
To bring the volume of a sound down.
Blackout
Fade Out
Freeze Frame
Voice Over
How high or low the voice is.
The tasks undertaken during the rehearsal process, e.g. blocking, read through, devising/improvisation.
Rehearsal Activities
Directing
Structure
Performance Concepts
What is a Flashback
A flashback allows the audience to see past events during current events in order to provide background or context for the current narrative.
A moment where the character speaks directly to the audience
A moment which shows the future in the drama
A moment which highlights a the theme
What is a flood lantern?
A lantern that give a hard beam of light
A lantern that gives a soft beam of light
What is Form?
A part of the stage in front of the proscenium arch.
The way in which a drama is presented.
When the whole acting area is evenly lit.
What is Intonation?
What is an Aside
To brighten or dim the lighting.
The stress on a word or phrase.
A stage which turns in a circle.
The emotion of the voice
Fluency
Tone
Emphasis
Volume
A type of stage that extends into the audience on three sides.
Arena
Proscenium
End On
Thrust
What is the term for the area of the stage that extends beyond the proscenium arch?
Pit
Backstage
Wings
Apron
