Creative Arts June exam

Question 1

What is an improvisation?

Answer 1

An improvisation is performing without having written a script and sometimes can be without having any time to prepare at all

Question 2

What are the key elements of a drama?

Answer 2

Time, space, structure, character, language, dramatic tension

Question 3

What are the three types of dramatic tension?

Answer 3

Tension within a character, tension between characters, tension between the character/characters and the environment

Question 4

What is a flashback?

Answer 4

When the audience is shown a scene from the past, it is non-linear because the order of the story is mixed up.

Question 5

What is a linear narrative?

Answer 5

A story that runs from beginning to end

Question 6

What should you consider in terms of space when creating your performance?

Answer 6

Whether your drama takes place inside or outside, what your setting tells you about how space should be used and where does your audience lie in relation to your performance.

Question 7

What does structure mean in a drama?

Answer 7

Structure is whether the story has a beginning middle and end or whether is contains flashbacks

Question 8

How do actors create and portray their character in a drama?

Answer 8

By using their voice and actions and body positions

Question 9

What should you consider in terms of language when creating a drama?

Answer 9

How do the characters speak and how does the story and setting of your drama influence the way your characters should speak

Question 10

Give an example of tension between characters

Answer 10

Characters having different ideas or competing against one another

Question 11

Give an example of tension between characters and the environment

Answer 11

Characters having to safely escape a storm or desert

Question 12

Give an example of tension within a character

Answer 12

A character having to choose which action to take or which side to take in a conflict

Question 13

What should you consider in terms of time when creating a drama?

Answer 13

When does your story take place and what time period does the story span over

Question 14

What should you decide after you have decided on a theme for your improvisation?

Answer 14

Setting, characters, plot

Question 15

What is phonation?

Answer 15

Phonation is the sound your voice makes when air passes through your vocal chords.

Question 16

What is resonance?

Answer 16

Resonance is what happens when the voice passes through or vibrates in an open space. We have direct resonators in our body being the mouth nose and pharynx.

Question 17

What is a dramatized prose?

Answer 17

A dramatized prose is a novel or short story that has been turned into something that can be performed. It is how many movies are made.

Question 18

Name 4 different ways people are stereotyped

Answer 18

Age, gender, class, culture

Question 19

Give an example of people being stereotyped by gender

Answer 19

Women are better at cooking than men

Question 20

Give an example of people being stereotyped by age

Answer 20

All young people are disrespectful

Question 21

Give an example of people being stereotyped by class

Answer 21

All people from middle and lower classes have a negative attitude towards people in higher classes

Question 22

Give an example of people being stereotyped by culture

Answer 22

All black people are fast

Question 23

Definition of represent

Answer 23

To show or portray

Question 24

Definition of a stereotype

Answer 24

An oversimplified judgement of a group of people

Question 25

Name three different ways stereotyping occurs in media

Answer 25

Typecasting, Stock characters and labelling

Question 26

What is typecasting

Answer 26

When actors with certain physical attributes are always given the same type of role

Question 27

What is a stock character + example

Answer 27

A stock character is a character the audience will recognize immediately. Example: superhero

Question 28

What is a monologue

Answer 28

A long speech by one actor in a drama. Can be to themselves (Soliloque) or to another character

Question 29

Labels of the spine from top to bottom

Answer 29

Cervical vertebrae, thoracic vertebrae, lumbar vertebrae, sacrum