Drama

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Pace
rate of movement or speed of action
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Performance Elements
include acting (e.g., character motivation and analysis, empathy), speaking (breath control, vocal expression and inflection, projection, speaking style, diction), and nonverbal expression (gestures, body alignment, facial expression)
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Pitch
the particular level of a voice, instrument or tune
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Plot Development
the organization or building of the action in a play.
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Projection
how well the voice carries to the audience.
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Prompt
to give actors their lines as a reminder; the prompter is the one who assists actors in remembering their lines.
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Resolution
how the problem or conflict in a drama is solved or concluded.
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Rhythm
measured flow of words or phrases in verse forming patterns of sound. Regularity in time or space of an action, process or feature.
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Scene
a small section or portion of a play.
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Set
the physical surroundings, visible to the audience, in which the action of the play takes place.
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Setting
when and where the action of a play takes place.
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Sound
the effects an audience hears during a performance to communicate character, context, or environment.
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Sound elements
music, sound effects, actors’ voices.
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Space
a defined area
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Spatial Awareness
traditional term for what is currently referred to as ‘proxemics’, referring to spatial signifiers of the relationship between different performers or a performer and elements of the set which convey information about character and circumstances.
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Stage Presence
the level of comfort, commitment, and energy an actor appears to have on stage.
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Staging
another term for blocking; deliberate choices about where the actors stand and how they move on stage to communicate character relationships and plot and to create interesting stage pictures in relation to set, properties and audience and effects
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Structure
The arrangement of and relationship between the constituent parts of a whole as in ‘prologue, exposition, denouement’ or scenes and acts within a play.
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Suspense
a feeling of uncertainty as to the outcome, used to build interest and excitement on the part of the audience.
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Symbolism
the use of symbolic language, imagery, or colour to evoke emotions or ideas.
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Tempo
relative speed or rate of movement in pace over time, e.g. the speed at which the music for a dance should be played. Can be applied to dramatic contexts such as in ‘tempo rhythm’.
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Tension
the atmosphere created by unresolved, disquieting, or inharmonious situations that human beings feel compelled to address; the state of anxiety the audience feels because of a threat to a character in a play.
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Text
the basis of dramatic activity and performance; a written script or an agreed-upon structure and content for an improvisation.
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include acting (e.g., character motivation and analysis, empathy), speaking (breath control, vocal expression and inflection, projection, speaking style, diction), and nonverbal expression (gestures, body alignment, facial expression)

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Projection

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