drama

Question 1

PHYSICAL THEATRE

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Physical Theatre is a type of performance where physical movement is the primary method of storytelling

Question 2

EYE CONTACT

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Eye contact can be used to reveal the status. and relationships between characters. It also shows the focus of the character.

Question 3

FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

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The expressions you make with your face to show your mood or reaction to another character or event.

Question 4

BODY LANGUAGE

Answer 4

Using your body to express how you are feeling, your mood.

Question 5

ACTION

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What the actor is doing on stage (e.g texting, pouring a drink, making the bed)

Question 6

GESTURE

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Small body movements that communicate something to an audience or another character (e.g biting nails may show nervousness or yawning can indicate laziness)

Question 7

MOVEMENT

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The way an actor moves on stage (e.g how they enter on stage or exit the stage)

Question 8

USE OF SPACE

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Physical space between characters on stage shows relationships. This is done through blocking (position on stage)

Question 9

EMPHASIS

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Certain words are stressed to help communicate meaning to an audience (e.g how a character is feeling)

Question 10

ACCENT

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Can tell the audience where the character is from geographically or their social class.

Question 11

TONE/EXPRESSION

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The emotions in the voice, to show mood and feelings.

Question 12

PAUSE

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Adding a break of any length into what you say. Also can be used to create tension or suspension.

Question 13

INTONATION

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The rise and fall in a person’s voice. Can create meaning (e.g a rising intonation when asking a question)

Question 14

SCRIPT

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The written text of a play; written for actors to perform.

Question 15

INTERPRETATION

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The choices you make about the way to present/perform the script/scene/character.

Question 16

SCENE

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A part of a play in which the action stays in one place for a continuous period of time.

Question 17

STAGE DIRECTIONS

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A playwright’s instruction to a director/actor (e.g how they are to move or speak their lines)

Question 18

CONTEXT

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The background to a play (e.g when and where the play is set)

Question 19

CHARACTER

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A character is a person that drives in the story forward.

Question 20

DIALOGUE

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Spoken conversation used by two or more characters to express thoughts and feelings.

Question 21

CHARACTER INTERACTION

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The ways in which characters communicate / interact with each other, showing their relationship with one another.

Question 22

COMMUNICATION WITH THE AUDIENCE

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How the performers share information with the audience verbally and physically.

Question 23

WHAT IS CHARACTERISATION?

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It is the process an actor uses to become their character and step into their shoes.

Question 24

WHY IS CHARACTERISATION IMPORTANT?

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Characters are more than just words they say from the script.

It is an actor’s responsibility to bring these words alive so they have an impact on the audience.

Therefore, characters are brought to life, by the actors, using the process of characterisation.

Question 25

WHAT IS THE CHARACTERISATION PROCESS?

Answer 25

• Understanding a characters’ interaction with other characters is very important as it tells the audience about the relationships between all the characters.
• Physical skills create a visual impression of a character for the audience.
• Confident and expressive vocal skills bring the words of the script to life.
• Use of space and blocking is the most obvious way of showing relationships **(e.g two characters close together could show a fight or sharing a secret.)

Question 26

CREATIVE PROCESS

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Plan & Create —> Rehearse & Refine —> Present & Perform —> Reflect & Evaluate.

Question 27

ENSEMBLE

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A group of actors work together during rehearsal and performance.

Question 28

CHORAL SPEECH

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A drama technique where two or more actors speak the same word/s at the same time.

Question 29

CHORAL MOVEMENT

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Where two or more actors move at the same time using their physical skills.

Question 30

MIME

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It is a non-verbal form of communication that relies on action, gestures, facial expressions, and body language to communicate a situation, character or emotion.

Question 31

REPETITIVE ACTION

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To repeat an action/gesture or movement.

Question 32

NON NATURALISTIC

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A performance that does not focus on life-like representation on stage.

Question 33

STYLISED MOVEMENTS

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The use of mime and physical theatre to create a non-naturalistic performance.

Question 34

EXAGGERATED PHYSICALITY

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Larger, better, bigger or more important than it actually needs to be.

Question 35

MIRRORING

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Two people face one another. One person pretends to be a person looking into a mirror while the other pretends to be reflection of the person, exactly duplicating the person’s movement.

Question 36

UNISON

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Acting or speaking together, or at the same time.

Question 37

CANON

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Perform the same action / movement / word one after the other (e.g Mexican Wave)

Question 38

SYNCHRONISATION

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Where two or more actors perform the same movement at the same time on stage to create a dramatic impact.

Question 39

WHO WAS BERKOFF AND WHY WAS HE IMPORTANT?

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• Berkoff is an English actor, director and playwright.
• He focuses on the physical abilities of the performers as a substitute for sets and props, often known as Total Theatre

*His work is influenced by **Ancient Greek theatre, Shakespeare and his Jewish heritage.

*He also uses the techniques of practitioners such as Artaud and Brecht in his work.

Question 40

BERKOVIAN THEATRE TECHNIQUES

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• Stylised movements, including slow motion and robotic, from a ensemble of performers.

*Exaggerated facial expressions and vocal work.

*Often includes direct aside (addressing the audience)

*Minimalistic use of costume and set

Exaggerated and stylised mime, sometime using masks.

Question 41

TOTAL THEATRE

Answer 41

The aim of Total Theatre is to create extreme moods to give the audience an overwhelming experience that will either shock, amuse, scare them, amaze them or perhaps do all

Berkoff particularly embraced this in his Kafka adaptations such as Metamorphosis and the Trial.