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Humanities Drama Unit ScheduleToday – Drama Basics Overview (PowerPoint)Thursday – Dance Lesson Projects Presentations – Grading
Period EndsFriday – Finish Dance Lesson Project PresentationsMonday – Drama review practice – drama project assigned
(PSAs)Tuesday and Wednesday – time to work on drama projectsThursday – Binder checks and test cardsFriday – Drama TestMonday – Make-up testsTuesday – Drama projects work timeWednesday and Thursday - Drama projects dueFriday – Sub and begin Spring Break Saturday
Drama Notes
Purposes of Drama
Need to express/communicate emotions/feelings/ideasNeed for social changeUniversal themes (good/evil)Show common ideas/emotions
Sharing the Human experience
Oral traditionNarrativeStorytellingFolktalesReligious rituals/ceremonies
Passing tradition and culture
EntertainmentAdventure movies (Indiana Jones)Sci-Fi (Star Wars)Action (Batman)Etc.
Recreation
Express/communicate emotion/ideas/feelingsWhen drama is performed on a stage in front
of an audience
Artistic expression
Elements of Drama
Parts that a playwright uses in the playPlot (the story)Theme (meaning of the story)CharactersSuspenseLanguage (dialect, slang, etc.)Monologue or soliloquyDialogueStage Directions
Literary
5 main parts of plot:ExpositionRising actionClimaxFalling actionConclusion
Setting – time and placePlays are divided into Acts which are further divided
into Scenes
Literary cont.
Very important in modern theater, less so in the past
Scenery:Suggest a location, time period, or physical setting Flats – painted canvas covered framesFlats can also be curtains, wood, cardboard,
Styrofoam, paper mache, etc.
Technical
SoundSound effects or mood musicMicrophones if needed
Technical Cont.
LightingCreates effects that signify moodColors are often used to give a sense
of the time of dayUsed to work with colors of costumes
Technical Cont.
Make-up:Lighting can “wash out” actors faces, so
make-up is used to accentuate featuresUsed to help create characterAllows for creativity – fake noses, fake
blood, etc.Includes fake hair and hair styles
Technical Cont.
Costumes:Create feel for time, setting, place,
job and social positionNeed to consider colors that will
work well with the lighting used
Technical Cont.
Props:Set props – stationary items on the stage
(sofas, chairs, tables)Hand props – carried by the actors to enhance
their character (swords, handbags, feather dusters)
Technical Cont.
Acting, verbal and nonverbal, reflects a character’s motivation: Wants Obstacles Strategies Age Wealth Where from Emotions Education
Motivation – how everything from a character’s past, present, and future effects their actions
Performance
EmpathyMain goal of actorTo indentify w/ an actorShare the actor’s feelings
SpeakingBreath controlVolume/ProjectionPronunciation/enunciation
Performance cont.
Vocal expression: Diction (correct words/pronunciation) Rate Articulation (dialect) Volume
Nonverbal expression: Facial expressions Body alignment Gestures and basic movement
Performance cont.
Types of stage
Proscenium Stage – raised picture-frame stage (box stage)
Types of stage
Arena Stage – audience sits on all sides – often lower than the audience
Stage types cont.
Thrust Stage – extends into the seating area of the audience – seating on three sides
Stage types cont.
The various roles in theater
Cast or CrewCast – group of actors who perform in the
playCrew – group of designers and technical staff
working behind the scenes
DirectorCoordinates all important aspects of a
productionAudition and cast charactersMeet with designersDeal with scheduling
PlaywrightCreates the material to be performedShould be clear about the theme (meaning) they want
to conveyThe central “must have” in any productionRoyalty – money paid to a playwright or publisher for
the rights to perform a playAlso referred to as a dramatist
ProducerThe person who backs a play by paying:
Bills SalariesRoyalties
Write 5-6 sentences for the summary
Summary