Vocab + why + example = 1 mark

GOODHigh Quality

Marvellous

Terrific

Superior

High standard

High grade

Remarkable

Excellent

Wonderful

BAD

Dreadful

Appalling

Shocking

Awful

Outrageous

Vile

Horrific

IMPROVE

Enhance

Develop

Add To

Supplement

Expand

VOICEArticulation

FluencyIntonation Register ClarityPausePitch

AccentPace

TimingTone

VolumeEmphasis

MOVEMENTBlockingMaskingStanceBalanceBody LanguageGestureFacial ExpressionMimePosturePaceTimingSlow Motion

MOVEMENT (using body as means of communication)

BlockingMaskingStanceBalance

Body LanguageGesture

Facial ExpressionMime

PosturePace

TimingSlow Motion

Lighting Barn Doors

G Clamp(gauze)Gobo

Safety ChainFocusing (the lights)

Black outSlow fadeCross fade

Snap-toLighting Cue

Gel PyrotechnicsFollow SpotProfile SpotSpotlightlantern

SoundMixing DeskSound cueCross fade

Recorded voice over

CostumeCostume

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props-short for properties –objects used by actorsProps

Personal PropSet prop

Set- scenery used to show where the drama takes placeBack clothCyclorama

GauzeFlies

Door FlatsWindow Flats

FlatsSceneryTrapdoor

RostraTreadsTruckWings

BackstageOther

PromptPrompt-copy

Prompt-side (left hand side where stage manager and prompt sit)

Staging- position of acting area relevant to the audienceVenueThrust

Theatre in the roundEnd on

Proscenium ArchPromenade

AvenueAuditoriumAudience

Revolving StageGround plan

KeyRake

Front of House (FOH)Enter/exit

Sight lines –what the audience can see from where they are sittingStage Directions

Stalls, balcony, dress circle

CONVENTIONS alternative ways of presenting all or parts of a presentation

Slow motionTableau (C) / Frozen Picture (F)

Freeze Frame –action frozen in timeSoliloquy

Flashback/flash forwardNarration

Voice Over( recorded speech played during a drama)/Voice in Head (recall words said by others about a character or situation)

MimeMonologuesoliloquy

OTHER ACTING TECHNIQUESAside- to audience only

Stage whisperMasks

stereotype

CHARACTERISATION- the process of developing a character fully

Character

Role Play-exploring attitudes and beliefs

Thought Tracking- when prompted the character says their thoughts outloud

Voice in the Head

Writing in Role

Hot Seating

Thought Tunnel-character walks past other characters.

Those other characters speak their thoughts outloud usually about the character walking past.

FORM & STRUCTURE –overall style of the drama

Rehearsed ImprovisationScripted Presentation

Spontaneous ImprovisationDocudrama

MimeDance Drama

MusicalRadio Play

Puppet ShowMonologue

Forum TheatrePantomime

Other Structure Type Things To Know

Creating-process of developing the drama’s content through a variety of

means.

Script

Playwrightt- the author of a play

Plot

Dramatic irony – when the audience gets the joke but the characters don’t

Dialouge- conversation between two or more characters

Rehearsal

Scene-section of a drama set in one place at one time

Dress Rehearsal- final rehearsal with use of theatre arts.

Presenting

Play- another word for drama

PURPOSE- important stuff here!Focus

- a key moment or event in drama

Status-importance of each character with

relevance to other characters in the story(those with more power usually have higher status)

Evaluate

Scenario-TIME PLACE ACTION

Stimulus

Target audience

Tension

Respond to stimulusOffering ideasDiscuss and select idea

Form and structure

Set up spaceCreatingRehearse and reviseAdding theatre artsPerformanceEvaluate

The DramaProcess