Drama notes

How well do you communicate? You reveal yourself to others in many ways: Movement Appearance Gestures Listening and speaking to you helps other learn how you feel and think Small infant toddler adolescent young adult adult senior Development and understanding Small infants and toddlers are the best at communicating Everybody must be able to communicate one way or another Shows feelings towards others Effects on communication: Superiority/inferiority Various other methods

Vocal expression Projection: sound travel over a distance to our audience Enunciation: clear and proper formation of sound Tone: atmosphere created by sound Articulation: clarity of words (being sure to have space sounds) Inflection: change of pitch of accentuate the text Play analysis Theme: central idea the playwright intends to communicate to the audience Needs to be one sentence complete idea May be the moral Plot: storyline or events that occur during the play Character: entities that "live" through the plot Principal character(s) the plot evolves around Secondary supports the plot development around the principal character(s) Tertiary less stage time, but have an integral part of effect on the plot Chorus the rest of the cast that can be considered as live set Set: physical representation depicting the setting Setting: Location

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Other terms Blocking: planned movement on the stage Hand prop: items that are manipulated on and/or off the stage Set prop: items used that are left on the stage Motivation Everything done on stage is for a reason. Why???? Answer must be found in the wants/needs of the character Actor should seem real believable All of the stage work/design should seem real believable Logical motivation must be first established in the actors' minds Scene management Understand sightlines Avoid masking Face front Keep your scenes are far down as possible Have a focal point Use triangulation to increase scene interest Weighted Up Right Up Center CENTRESTAGE Down Right Down Center Down Left Up Left

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Why are there songs in musicals? Accentuate the moment with singing by the character to further express their thoughts and/or feelings Further the plot Spectacle Produce a venue to have a new "popular" song heard by an audience Character trait dimensions Character sketch Physical character traits Specifics: How you look Age How you move Height Weight Psychological Hair colour What you think about Eye colour How you think about it Health status Religion Social Level of morality How you interact with others Self-esteem Your environment Family background Culture Others Historical significance

Summative prep Motivation They can change throughout Combinations Slight changes Inside the script The modes of express: Vocal Physical Facial Play and character have themes Specific situation Vocal Pronunciation pronounce words correctly Enunciation hear clearly Subtext below the written word (more meaning to the word) Subtextual analysis what is really being said Choose words of emphasis Projection

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