Drama Terminology Project by Sadie Chidsey https://padlet.com/sc21220/p0vw9awqboxa Made with mirth en-us 2017-04-27 19:21:23 UTC 2023-06-13 07:53:59 UTC hello@padlet.com Stage Directions sc21220 https://padlet.com/sc21220/p0vw9awqboxa/wish/168967121 Instructions for the director, performers, and crew printed in italics or parentheses. These describe sound effects, describe scenery, explain the use of props, tell characters how to speak or move, and explain the emotions, moods, and feelings of characters.

The italic words in the parentheses are stage directions. ]]> 2017-04-28 19:14:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sc21220/p0vw9awqboxa/wish/168967121 Comic relief sc21220 https://padlet.com/sc21220/p0vw9awqboxa/wish/168968558 A humorous episode in a tragedy to lighten the tragic affect or to show a fuller picture of life. 

The example below is comic relief because it is lightening a serious mood in a well known movie.

]]> 2017-04-28 19:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sc21220/p0vw9awqboxa/wish/168968558 Cliffhanger sc21220 https://padlet.com/sc21220/p0vw9awqboxa/wish/168968624 When the last scene before intermission ends in an especially suspenseful way so the audience will be eager to return for the beginning of the next act. 
Cliffhanger from Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone:
“One minute to go and he’d be eleven. Thirty seconds…twenty…ten…nine – may be he’d wake Dudley up, just to annoy him – three…two…one…
BOOM.
The whole shack shivered and Harry sat bolt upright, staring at the door. Someone was outside, knocking to come in.”
This is a cliffhanger because in makes you want to see who is outside.

]]> 2017-04-28 19:22:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sc21220/p0vw9awqboxa/wish/168968624 Script sc21220 https://padlet.com/sc21220/p0vw9awqboxa/wish/168968723 The form in which the play is written- lines are written out for characters to speak. 
The script below is an example of a script because it is lines written out for a character to speak.

]]> 2017-04-28 19:22:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sc21220/p0vw9awqboxa/wish/168968723 Theatre etiquette sc21220 https://padlet.com/sc21220/p0vw9awqboxa/wish/168969043 Not causing distractions to others during the movie or live performance.

Ex: Don't go on your phone during the movie. Turn off the ringer.
This example works because not using your phone is proper theater etiquette.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yYBPhOivTqo
^VIDEO ON THEATRE
ETIQUETTE LINK^]]> 2017-04-28 19:24:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sc21220/p0vw9awqboxa/wish/168969043 Intermission sc21220 https://padlet.com/sc21220/p0vw9awqboxa/wish/168969082 An interval of time between acts in a play when audience members can leave their seats to take care of their needs. 
Ex: The play is two hours long, so after an hour the play stops to allow a bathroom break. 
This example works because it is an interval of time given to the audience where they take care of needs. ]]> 2017-04-28 19:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sc21220/p0vw9awqboxa/wish/168969082 Monologue sc21220 https://padlet.com/sc21220/p0vw9awqboxa/wish/168969148 An extended speech delivered by one character, heard but not interrupted by by others in their presence.
Excerpt from Mark Antony's Monologue in Julius Caesar:

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
good is oft interred with their bones;
So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it.
Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest–
For Brutus is an honourable man;
So are they all, all honourable men–
Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral.
He was my friend, faithful and just to me:
Brutus says he was ambitious;
Brutus is an honourable man.

This example works because it is an extended speech delivered by one character, interrupted by nobody. 
]]> 2017-04-28 19:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sc21220/p0vw9awqboxa/wish/168969148 Dialogue sc21220 https://padlet.com/sc21220/p0vw9awqboxa/wish/168969227 The conversation among or between the characters- the plot and the characters' personalities are revealed and advances through dialogue. 
Ex: "Why," said Cara, "do we have to wait a whole half hour to get on just one ride?"
John replied, "they should get a better system."
This example works because it is the conversation the characters are having.

]]> 2017-04-28 19:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sc21220/p0vw9awqboxa/wish/168969227 Dramatist sc21220 https://padlet.com/sc21220/p0vw9awqboxa/wish/168969403 One who writes plays. 
Ex: William Shakespeare
This example fits the definition because William Shakespeare was a dramatist. ]]> 2017-04-28 19:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sc21220/p0vw9awqboxa/wish/168969403 Cast of characters sc21220 https://padlet.com/sc21220/p0vw9awqboxa/wish/168970368 A list of characters in a play in order of appearance or in order of importance (often with a short description). 
Ex: Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley, Hermione Granger, etc. 
This example fits the definition because it is a list of characters in order of importance. ]]> 2017-04-28 19:32:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sc21220/p0vw9awqboxa/wish/168970368 Scenes and acts sc21220 https://padlet.com/sc21220/p0vw9awqboxa/wish/168970899 Divisions in the action of a play- scenes change when the settings change. Scenes are grouped into acts. 
Ex: Scene one takes place outside in NYC. Scene two takes place inside of an abandoned hotel. Scene three takes place in the main character's house. These are the scenes in act one. 
This example fits the definition because it shows the change of setting, and the scenes making up the act. 
Scene from Romeo and Juliet]]> 2017-04-28 19:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/sc21220/p0vw9awqboxa/wish/168970899