https://padlet.com/sp21655/pv6z4lc32rxu en-us 2017-04-27 14:09:32 UTC 2025-10-24 22:35:09 UTC hello@padlet.com sp21655 https://padlet.com/sp21655/pv6z4lc32rxu/wish/168642032 - An instruction in the script of a play that tells actor or directors what sound effects, scenery, props, voice, and actions to use.
- Example: Jane:[Angrily] I never said that!, Allen:[Holding a potted plant] Does anyone have any water?
- These say that the actress portraying Jane should say a line with a certain tone, and that the actor cast as Allen needs a specific prop.]]> 2017-04-27 14:17:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sp21655/pv6z4lc32rxu/wish/168642032 sp21655 https://padlet.com/sp21655/pv6z4lc32rxu/wish/168884933  - A type of literature consisting of a story presented on stage or screen through dialogue, pantomime, or song.
 - Example: Any play, movie or TV show.
 - All of these are examples of types of drama, each tells a story and is presented on stage or screen.]]> 2017-04-28 14:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sp21655/pv6z4lc32rxu/wish/168884933 sp21655 https://padlet.com/sp21655/pv6z4lc32rxu/wish/168887861  - The format in which dramas are written. These include dialogue, and stage instructions.
 - Example: below is an excerpt from a script.
 - It explains what Vicki and Jim are doing, like returning from the bathroom and looking at the pudding, and also what they are saying.]]> 2017-04-28 14:18:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sp21655/pv6z4lc32rxu/wish/168887861 sp21655 https://padlet.com/sp21655/pv6z4lc32rxu/wish/168889501  - The list of character at the begining of a script, in order of appearance, sometimes including a short description.
 - Example: 
John: Farmer
Paul: Farmhand
Seth: John's Son
Mary: John's Daughter 
 - This states the characters names, and their basic roles in the play. This gives the reader background information, so the drama makes more sense, although their roles are also explained in the script.]]> 2017-04-28 14:24:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sp21655/pv6z4lc32rxu/wish/168889501 sp21655 https://padlet.com/sp21655/pv6z4lc32rxu/wish/168891266  - What the characters say to one another, this often gives the audience more information on the characters, and advances the plot.
 - Example:
Bill: How are you today?
Laney: I'm good, and you?
Bill: I've been doing alright.
 - This dialogue tells the actor and actress for Bill and Laney what to say. This is the primary way producers communicate information to the audience in a drama.]]> 2017-04-28 14:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sp21655/pv6z4lc32rxu/wish/168891266 sp21655 https://padlet.com/sp21655/pv6z4lc32rxu/wish/169243597  - Scenes and acts are used to divide a drama. A new scene occurs whenever the setting, time or place, changes. Most plays have two acts, between which will be an intermission, which gives the actors and audience time to regroup.
 - Example: below is the section of a Playbill where the scenes in act 1 are listed, for A Christmas Story: The Musical.
- Scene 1 takes place at the Department store on Dec 1. The scene changes when the setting is the Parker family's house a day later.]]> 2017-05-01 17:49:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sp21655/pv6z4lc32rxu/wish/169243597 sp21655 https://padlet.com/sp21655/pv6z4lc32rxu/wish/169249463  - A monologue is a part of a drama in which only one character speaks for an extended period of time. 
 - Example: below is Dory's monologue from Finding Nemo.
 - This is a monologue because for some time, only Dory is talking. Monologues are used to give a character time to thoroughly express a thought or opinion. ]]> 2017-05-01 18:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sp21655/pv6z4lc32rxu/wish/169249463 sp21655 https://padlet.com/sp21655/pv6z4lc32rxu/wish/169252209  - A dramatist is someone who writes or creates a drama. A playwright writes plays, and a screenwriter writes dramas meant to appear on screen, like TV shows or movies.
 -  Example: Steven Levenson is a playwright, he created Dear Evan Hansen. Rebecca Sugar is a screenwriter, she created Steven Universe.
 - Both are dramatists, as they have written dramas.]]> 2017-05-01 18:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sp21655/pv6z4lc32rxu/wish/169252209 sp21655 https://padlet.com/sp21655/pv6z4lc32rxu/wish/169254925  - Dramatic licence is the legal right of someone creating a drama out of a non-drama story (usually a book), to make changes to the original story for dramatic effect. This must be agreed to by the original creator of the book, or other work.
 - Example: Jay Asher, author of 13 Reasons Why, gave Netflix dramatic licence to modify the plot of his book.
 - This allowed Netflix to add events to make the plot more engaging, and remove parts that could be boring when transferred to the screen.]]> 2017-05-01 18:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sp21655/pv6z4lc32rxu/wish/169254925 sp21655 https://padlet.com/sp21655/pv6z4lc32rxu/wish/169257796  - Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something a character or characters do not.
 - Hamilton: An American Musical  has a great deal of dramatic irony, since the audience knows Hamilton will die in a duel with Arron Burr.
 - This is dramatic irony, because it is obvious to the audience how Hamilton will die, as it is common knowledge, and stated in the opening number. However, none of the characters are aware of this fact.]]> 2017-05-01 18:36:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sp21655/pv6z4lc32rxu/wish/169257796 sp21655 https://padlet.com/sp21655/pv6z4lc32rxu/wish/169259455  - Theater etiquette is the basic ideas of proper etiquette when going to see a live performance, such as a play. This includes certain rules of politeness to the actors and your fellow audience
 - Some important elements of theater etiquette are turning off electronic devices, and not talking during the show.
 - These practices show respect by not distracting those around you, and when doing so you are watching the performance, which shows respect for the actors.]]> 2017-05-01 18:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sp21655/pv6z4lc32rxu/wish/169259455