DRAMA

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DRAMA

• ELA I
• Notes
• Textbook p. 245-249

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Drama

• What are we going to learn?
• Understand and identify Drama terms
• Understand and appreciate Drama

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Drama

• DEFINITION
• 1 of the 5 major genres
• Characters and plot are developed through
  dialogue and action
• Drama is intended to be performed for an audience

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Key Elements of Drama

• CHARACTERISTICS
• Stage Directions
• Plot
• Character
• Dialogue

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What does Drama look like?

• CHARACTERISTICS
• Script
• A drama is written in a special form called a
  script.
• EXAMPLES
• TV, movies, videos, and on stage

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Skit or Play

• DEFINITION
• Brief dramatic performance
• CHARACTERISTICS
• Short
• Stage directions and dialogue

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Stage Directions

• DEFINITION
• Instructions for the director, actors, and stage
  crew.
• Printed in italics and parentheses
• (Move downstage left.)

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Stage Directions

• CHARACTERISTICS
• Tell the actors how to speak and move.
• Describe lighting and sound

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The Stage
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Dialogue

• Conversation between characters
• A drama is composed of mostly dialogue
• Dialogue reveals the plot and the characters
  personalities.

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Characters

• DEFINITION
• The people, animals, and/or inanimate objects
  that take part in the action of the drama.
• CHARACTERISTICS
• Cast
• A list of the characters at the beginning of the
  script.
• The list sometimes has a brief description of the
  character.

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Characters

• EXAMPLES
• Narrator
• One of the characters may be a narrator that sets
  the scene for the drama.
• The narrator may comment throughout the drama.
• Foil
• A contrast to the main character

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Plot

• Sequence of events in the drama
• Scenes and Acts
• Scenes change when the setting changes
• Some scenes are grouped into acts

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Scene

• DEFINITION
• One setting/section of a drama
• CHARACTERISTICS
• Describe the scenery and props
• Scenery items onstage to create setting
• Props objects actors use onstage

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Strategies for Reading Drama

• Read the play silently.
• Read the stage directions carefully.
• Get to know the characters.
• Keep track of the plot.
• Read the play aloud with others.