FRAMING

WHAT IS FRAMING?

• How you arrange the stage of a performance and how specific actors are situated in the play• 3 ways to frame a scene• Close-up• foreground/background positioning• Height levels

CLOSE-UP

• Close view of an individual character• Used usually for

monologues or when characters are speaking to themselves

FOREGROUND

• The part of the scene that is nearest the viewers

BACKGROUND

• The part of the scene that is farthest from the viewer

HEIGHT LEVELS

• The variation of who is standing or sitting and where characters are physically on the stage

EFFECTS OF FRAMING

• Not only does framing a scene help show where people should stand in a scene, but it also shows who is in power.• Can also show how important a piece of dialogue

is to the play.

WHO IS IN POWER IN THESE SCENES?

STORYBOARD

• In groups of 3-4 decide which character holds the power in the exchange of dialogue, Cassius, Brutus, or Caesar.• Create a storyboard of the scene (1.2.30-224)

that shows who has the power through framing. • Should be 2 sided and have 4 drawings for each page• Stick figures are ok, just make sure to label characters• Indicate where in the text the frame would change by

writing line of dialogue below the frame.