Drama

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Drama
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What is drama?

• Drama is different from other forms of literature
  because it is written to be performed. When you
  read drama, you should imagine that you see and
  hear the actions of a performance.
• Like other forms of literature drama includes
• Characters people who take part in the action
• Conflict the problem between two characters or
  forces
• Theme the message or insight about life

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Elements of Drama

• Although a drama is written for actors to
  perform, scripts can still be read or read in the
  form of a written version of a literary work. A
  script is different from a short story or novel
  because a script is made up of dialogue and stage
  directions

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Elements of drama

• Acts often divided into parts called scenes
• Dialogue the term given to the words said by the
  characters. The characters lines are printed in
  the form of a play, called a script.
• Stage Directions are sets of bracketed
  information that tell what the stage looks like
  and how the characters should move and speak.
• Set is the construction on stage that suggest the
  time and place of the action
• Props the moveable items. Objects like a book
  suitcase or flashlights that the actors use to
  make their actions look realistic.

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After reviewing the 5 elements of drama

• Why do you think stage directions are necessary
  in drama and not in stories or novels?
• Stories and novels develop by including
  descriptions and details. These are elements
  which are not usually part of a drama.
• Stage directions describe how the setting will be
  displayed, props which are used and tell how
  actors look, move and speak

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Types of drama

• Drama describes a play that addresses a serious
  subject
• Comedy is a form of drama with a happy ending.
  The humor often comes out of a characters
  dialogue and situation. Comedies can be written
  purely for entertainment but can also address a
  serious issue.
• Tragedy is a form of drama in which events lead
  to the downfall of the main character. This
  character is often a person of great
  significance, like a king or a heroic figure

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Common symbol of drama
How do these masks effectively convey the art of
drama?
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Format

• Screenplays scripts that produce movies
• Teleplays are types of screenplays written for
  television.
• Both include camera angles and require more
  variety of scene changes than a stage play.
• Radio plays the written format of a radio
  broadcasts. They can include sound effects , but
  not lighting or staging instructions.
• Stage play a drama written for a stage
  performance which includes all element of drama
• Musical a play based on music

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Formats?

• The Hunger Games Team
• Screenplay
• Disney Icarly
• Teleplay
• It is the 1940s and there is no television! Your
  family tunes into Radio 300 am you are
  listening to a dramatized, purely acoustic
  performance, broadcast on radio
• Radio Plays
• Romeo and Juliet
• Stage Play
• Disney on Ice
• Musical or Stage Play on Ice

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What do you know about drama?

• Characters are involved in every literary work
  and most literary works involve conflict. Why is
  conflict an important part of drama?
• Conflict is an important element because it
  drives the action.
• What examples of drama have you read, seen or
  have been part of?
• Was it comedy or tragedy?
• What was the conflict?
• What was the theme?