Drama genre

Question 1

Horror: What to achieve in horror

Answer 1

.Mood and Atmosphere
.Plot and Structure
.Performance

Question 2

Horror : audiences watch horror because…

Answer 2

.To experience tension through suspense and shock.
. To experience the supernatural.
. To experience a horror plot about a particular relevant personal or cultural theme.

Question 3

Horror : what hormone is released

Answer 3

Adrenaline

Question 4

Horror: Four main themes in horror.

Answer 4

.Isolation
.Fear of the unknown
. Lack of control
. No Escape

Question 5

Horror : a director…

Answer 5

.Manipulates your imagination
.controls your fears
. Creating a scene with tension, mood and atmosphere.

Question 6

Comedy: What to achieve in comedy…

Answer 6

Sun-genres

Question 7

What to expect in a musical

Answer 7

. Songs sung by actors.
.Songs that drive forward individual characters storylines.
.songs that comment on a particular theme or issue.
. Dancing

Question 8

Examples of form.

Answer 8

. Musical
. Mime
. Dance drama
. Monologue

Question 9

Define Mime.

Answer 9

Actors using movement and gestures to tell a story.

Question 10

Mime forms

Answer 10

. Tell a story
. Express emotions
. Explore relationships.

Question 11

What is dance drama?

Answer 11

Movement or dance used to express ideas, themes or emotions.

Question 12

Monologue forms?

Answer 12

A drama with one character who speaks their thoughts aloud.

Question 13

Forum theatre forms?

Answer 13

The audience take part in the drama to suggest changes and affect the play’s outcomes.

Question 14

Improvised play forms?

Answer 14

A drama that is created without a script, which is then rehearsed before performance.

Question 15

Drama forms,?

Answer 15

A drama which has been rehearsed and performed from a script.

Question 16

What is form?

Answer 16

Form is when we consider what an audience will be expecting to see when they watch a play.

Question 17

What is genre?

Answer 17

Genre is the category of the storyline in a performance.

Question 18

Examples of drama?

Answer 18

. Horror
. Comedy
. Tragedy
. Action
. Adventure

Question 19

What is structure?

Answer 19

Structure is how a plot unfolds in a drama.

Question 20

What is linear

Answer 20

When the story travels from begging to end.

Question 21

What is non-linear?

Answer 21

When the narrative jumps around, using the use of flashbacks and flash forwards.

Question 22

What is episodic?

Answer 22

When the performance is split into episodes.

Question 23

What are tropes?

Answer 23

A trope is when something keeps recurring across a genre,that is stereotypical.

Question 24

Trope examples?

Answer 24

. The use of once apon a time in a fairytale.
. A masked murderer in a horror film.
. Lullaby music in a horror film.

Question 25

What is style?

Answer 25

The style is the different between naturalistic or non naturalistic.

Question 26

What is naturalistic?

Answer 26

If the performance appears normal and everyday.

Question 27

What is non-naturalistic?

Answer 27

The performance will appear as stylised and unlike everyday.

Question 28

If it’s naturalistic…

Answer 28

. The drama will appear real and everyday. . Staging and positioning of actors will appear conventional. . Voice and movement will appear normal.

Question 29

If it’s non-naturalistic…

Answer 29

. The drama will appear stylised. . It might use split stage, tableau or stylised positioning.

Question 30

Define Acts?

Answer 30

A section of a play. A typical play will always contain two acts and an interval.

Question 31

Define scene?

Answer 31

A chapter of an act. An act usual has several sections.

Question 32

Define characters?

Answer 32

A specific person in a drama.

Question 33

Define dialogue?

Answer 33

Speech between two or more characters.

Question 34

Define stage directions?

Answer 34

Written or spoken advice on how to improve an act.

Question 35

Define spontaneous improvisation?

Answer 35

A performance with no script, created on the spot.

Question 36

Define Rehearsed improvisation?

Answer 36

A rehearsed performance without a script.

Question 37

Four ways to sustain an improvised conversation?

Answer 37

. Saying yes/agreeing with what is offered to you in the scene. . Asking questions of your fellow actors (considering the 5 W’s). . Speaking in full sentences. . Treating another character as an expert.

Question 38

Define drama conventions?

Answer 38

Drama conventions are storytelling techniques. They provide alternative ways of presenting a drama.

Question 39

Types of drama conventions?

Answer 39

. Flashback . Flash-forward . Freeze frame . Tableau . Monologue . Mime . Movement . Slow motion . Narration . Voiceover . Aside . Soliloquy . Split stage

Question 40

Flashback?

Answer 40

acting out an event in the past.

Question 41

Flash-forward?

Answer 41

acting out a real or imagined event in the futUse.

Question 41

Freeze frame?

Answer 41

The action is frozen in time.

Question 42

Tableau?

Answer 42

A frozen picture without movement.

Question 43

Slow motion?

Answer 43

movement performed at a slowed down speed.

Question 44

Narration?

Answer 44

part(s) of the drama are told as a story by a narrator.

Question 45

Voiceover?

Answer 45

Recorded speech played during a drama.

Question 46

Aside?

Answer 46

An actor makes a remark to the audience only.

Question 47

Soliloquy?

Answer 47

A single lengthy speech made to the audience, made when no other characters are on stage.

Question 48

Split stage?

Answer 48

Action presented in two or more different locations on the same stage.

Question 49

Purposes of drama?

Answer 49

A drama can be created and performed for the following purposes: * To communicate a message * To entertain * To tell a story * To educate * To explore a theme or issue * To explore and experience (e.g. through audience participation.)

Question 50

What ways can tension be created

Answer 50

* movement * shock or surprise * silence * action * conflict and confrontation * mystery * relationships and status * threat or pressure * dramatic irony