Dods

Question 1

What does the word drama come from

Answer 1

The Greek word dran

Question 2

What is body language

Answer 2

Communication by movement or position

Question 3

What does body language help with

Answer 3

Adding meaning to the spoken layers

Question 4

Improvisation

Answer 4

Making up a play or scenario on the spot or with very little prep time

Question 5

What is commedia dell’arte

Answer 5

An old street form of theatre where you improvise

Question 6

Why do actors improvise

Answer 6

Teaches us more about the character
Expands skills and ability in acting
To think about how a character acts in different situations or scenarios
Concentration warm up activity

Question 7

What is freeze frame

Answer 7

When a photo is taken and the facial expressions and gestures allow to make an assumption on what is going on

Question 8

Has no recorded sound but uses facial expressions gestures and title cards

Answer 8

Silent movie

Question 9

What can be used to narrate or set the scene,comment on the action.

Answer 9

Intertitles

Question 10

What was use pd to liven up the movie

Answer 10

Like music and sound effects

Question 11

What was the acting like in silent movies

Answer 11

Melodramatic over the top

Question 12

Name the time line of theatre in the order

Answer 12

Greek
Medieval
Commedia dell’arte
Elizabethan
Restoration
18th century
Victorian melodrama
Naturalis
Political theatre
Theatre of the absurd
Kitchen sink drama

Question 13

Give 3 facts about the Greek theatre

Answer 13

There always outside/open air
It is where the word drama originates from
The chorus commented sang dance and wore mask in Greek theatre and are unique to it

Question 14

Where do the chorus preform

Answer 14

In the orchestra

Question 15

What 3 types of Greek plays are there

Answer 15

Tragedies,comedy,satires

Question 16

Give 3 facts about commedia dell’arte

Answer 16

Began in Italy
Associated with masks
No scripts as it was all improvised

Question 17

Elizabethan theatre

Answer 17

William Shakespeare wrote and lived in that time
He owned a theatre called the globe

Question 18

Name 5 local theatres

Answer 18

Lyric theatre
Grand opera house
Theatre at the mill
The Mac
Island art centre

Question 19

Name the 3 main types of stages

Answer 19

Arena
Thrust
Proscenium arch

Question 20

Describe a area a style theatre

Answer 20

Stage in middle audience all around

Question 21

What is an arena theatre also known as

Answer 21

Theatre of the round

Question 22

Describe thrust

Answer 22

Expands into the audience
Often has seats facing on all 3 sides

Question 23

Describe the proscieum arch

Answer 23

Stage surrounded by an arch
Like the one in Wallace high school

Question 24

What is the job of the director

Answer 24

Overall vision idea of the play the boss

Question 25

Finds the money/funds

Answer 25

Producer

Question 26

Stage manager

Answer 26

Responsible for the stage during the show gives stage cues

Question 27

Designs and develops costumes

Answer 27

Costume designers

Question 28

Responsible for advertising and promoting th show

Answer 28

Publicity coordinator

Question 29

Box office

Answer 29

Sells tickets organises seating

Question 30

Front house staff

Answer 30

Responsible for the audience
Other half of the curtain

Question 31

Is staging cues given from the audience perspective or the actors perspective

Answer 31

Actors perspective

Question 32

Who founded the grand opera house

Answer 32

Frank matcham

Question 33

When did the grand opera house open

Answer 33

1895