Flashcards
Elements of Drama
Cards in this deck (10)
- 1AtmosphereThe interaction between the audience and the mood of a drama performance
- 2CharacterA person or individual in the drama that may have defined personal qualities, or histories.
- 3Flat Character2D character that demonstrates lack of depth or change in the course of a drama event.
- 4Rounded characterThe 3D character that features more elaborate and complex traits and histories and are changed by dramatic action in the drama event.
- 5SituationThe condition or circumstances in which a character are presented often at the opening of a performance.
- 6Dramatic TensionDrives the drama and keeps the audience interested. The tension comes when opposing characters, dramatic actions, ideas, attitudes, values, emotions and desires are in conflict creating a problem that needs to be resoled through drama.
- 7Language and TextsReferring or the use of spoken/ written words that observe particular conventions and language registers that communicate ideas, feelings and other associations.
Texts refer to the use of published texts, online materials and other compositions that add meaning to the drama. - 8SpaceThe place where dramatic action is situated and the qualities of that place including temperature, feautres, light levels, population levels and other environmental factors.
- 9MetaphorCreating an image or ifra of one thing by saying something is something else.
- the metaphor of a house created through a character having a squeaky voice and small darting movements. - 10MoodDescribes the feelings and attitudes, often combined of the roles or characters involved