Drama Glossary
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- Elements of Drama: The elements of drama work dynamically together to create and focus dramatic action and dramatic meaning;
- Focus: directing and intensifying attention and framing moments of dramatic action.
- Language: the choice and manner of linguistic expression in drama.
- Mood and atmosphere: the feeling, or tone of physical space and the dramatic action created by, or emerging from, the performance.
- Movement: employing expressive action to create roles, situations, relationships, atmosphere and symbols.
- Tension: sense of anticipation or conflict within characters, or character relationships, or problems; surprise and mystery in stories and ideas to propel dramatic action and create audience engagement.
- Space: the physical space of the performance and audience, the fictional space of the dramatic action and the emotional space between characters.
- Symbol: associations that occur when something is used to represent something else to reinforce, or extend, dramatic meaning.
- Time: timing of one moment to the next, contributing to the tension and rhythm of dramatic action; fictional time in the narrative or setting.
- Character: personality traits, attitudes, mannerisms
- Role: performance a part or character played by an actor/performer. Adopting identification and portrayal of a person’s values, attitudes, intentions and actions and portraying these as imagined relationships, situations and ideas in dramatic action
- Tableau or tableaux: a situation where a group of actors hold a pose. In drama, tableaux can be used to bring story points to life or capture moments in time.
- Freeze-frame: a frozen image created by an actor, or a group of actors, that can be a symbolic, or a naturalistic interpretation of a scene, emotion, character, theme, etc.
- Offer: a dramatic term used in improvisation. It relates to the act of having one actor 'offer' another actor, or group of actors, an idea, or suggested direction as to where the improvisation could head. You can make an offer, for example, "Oh no, it's a fire-breathing dragon!", accept an offer, for example, "Quick, let's all hide in this cave" or reject an offer, for example, "That's not a dragon, it's a dragonfly, silly!"
- Drama Folio: A record of the processes of drama; writing, describing, reflecting; journal; workshop DVDs/photos, recordings, explorations, performances, bibliographies, costume, set and lighting designs, working notes, diagrams, work schedules, photographs, essays, critical reviews, programs, prompt books, goal setting, questioning, thesis statement, draft scripts, character notes etc
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A QR code consists of black modules (square dots) arranged in a square grid on a white background, which can be read by an imaging device (such as a camera on a smart phone) - The elements of drama The elements of drama work dynamically together to create and focus dramatic action and dramatic meaning.
- Principles of narrative (story); The elements of drama are combined to shape narrative (story) through using contrast, juxtaposition, dramatic symbol and other devices of story.
- Viewpoints; In both Making and Responding, students learn that meanings can be generated from different viewpoints and that these shift according to different world encounters. As students make, investigate or critique drama as actors, directors and audiences, they may ask and answer questions to interrogate the playwrights’ and actors’ meanings and the audiences’ interpretations. Meanings and interpretations are informed by social, cultural and historical contexts, and an understanding of how elements, materials, skills and processes are used.
- These questions provide the basis for making informed critical judgments about their own drama and the drama they see as audiences. The complexity and sophistication of such questions will change across Foundation to Year 10. In the later years, students will consider the interests and concerns of artists and audiences regarding philosophies and ideologies, critical theories, institutions and psychology.
- Forms In Drama, form is the way drama is structured and students are taught the forms of devised and scripted drama. Drama forms are shaped by the application of the elements of drama within particular social, cultural and historical contexts.
- In all years, students draw on, use and analyse drama genres, forms and styles from a range of historical and cultural contexts. They begin with the drama in their immediate lives and community and identify the purposes of drama. They draw on the histories, traditions and conventions of drama from other places and times including drama from Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, Asia and other world cultures. As students learn drama, particularly in secondary schools, they broaden their experiences of particular places and times, forms and representational and presentational styles as a springboard for their making and responding.
- In their drama, students use a variety of sources including stories, personal experiences and historical and current events to create meaning through situations and characters. They also draw on their experiences in other Arts subjects and learning areas.
- Through Making and Responding, students develop knowledge, skills and understanding of their drama making, developing the capacity to use proficiently the techniques of voice and movement to make drama. Students learn the skills of working collaboratively, recognising that imaginative, creative and critically analytic teamwork is central to drama. They apply the elements of drama and principles of story. They interpret and perform texts, devise drama and develop scripts and scriptwriting skills. They apply design elements and production components.
- In their drama, students develop their understanding of the processes of dramatic playing, role–playing, improvising, process drama, playbuilding, interpreting scripts, rehearsing and directing, and responding to drama as audience. As students progress, particularly in secondary school, they add specific skills and processes of drama practice: acting, directing, scriptwriting, dramaturgy, designing, producing, managing and critical analysis.
- Materials; In developing knowledge and skills of drama, students use the materials of their voices and bodies (movement, facial expression, gesture, posture). They also use the production components of props, costumes, lighting, sound and staging equipment and performance spaces. (Retrieved from the Australian Curriculum: The Arts Foundation to Year 10 – 2 July 2013)
Poetry Glossary (Rap and rhyme writing)
- Alliteration: two or more words in a group that start with the same letter, eg Gorgeous George.
- Annotate: to make notes or comments on a text, eg song lyrics.
- Assonance: repetition of vowel sounds, eg meet and greet.
- Beat boxing: a form of vocal percussion often associated with rap and hip hop.
- Chorus: a part of a song that repeats, usually after each verse. It has a strong link to the main theme of the song and usually contains 4 lines of 4 beats each, with 16 beats in total.
- Complex rhymes: a rhyming scheme where words rhyme within the syllables of the line, eg It's a fine time when the sun does shine.
- Consonance: repetition of a set of consonants at least twice within a sentence, eg I feel ill with my will to fulfill.
- Duration: the length of sound and silence.
- Dynamics: the relative volume and intensity of sound.
- Flow: the rhythm and rhyme used in the delivery of a rap song. This could include syncopation, chanted lyrics, or emphasis of particular syllables for artistic or comic effect.
- Free associate: association of ideas, emotions, and feelings in an impulsive, logically unrestricted fashion.
- Genre: a category of artistic composition characterised by similarities in form, style, or subject matter, eg hip hop dance, rap music and horror film.
- Hip hop: an American sub-culture which emerged in the 1970s. It is characterised by four elements: rapping, DJ'ing, breaking and graffiti.
- Intro: the opening section in the structure of a song.
- Metaphor: a figure of speech where a word or phrase is intended to represent another idea or situation, eg All the world's a stage.
- Metre: refers to poetic measure: the arrangement of words in a regular, measured pattern.
- Onomatopoeia: the use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to, eg splat, hiss or tick.
- Open mic: a live show where audience members have the option of performing with a microphone.
- Outro: the concluding section in the structure of a song.
- Pitch: the relative high or low frequency of a sound.
- Rap: a form of music developed in New York, and connected to the hip hop genre, characterised by spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics, and a strong rhythmic accompaniment.
- Repetition: repeating sounds or sequences of sounds in a piece of music.
- Rhythm: a recurring beat or pulse.
- Simile: a figure of speech where two different objects are compared, eg She is like a rose.
- Simple rhymes: a basic rhyming scheme, with words rhyming at the end of each line. Typically using an ABCB rhyming structure.
- Structure: the plan or design of a piece of music and the ordering of ideas in the piece.
- Syncopation: the placement of rhythmic accents on a weak or unexpected beat, eg in 4/4 time, placing the emphasis on beats 1, 3, 4.
- Texture: the layers of sound in a musical work and the relationship between them.
- Timbre: the qualities of a sound that distinguishes it from other sounds of the same pitch and volume.
- Verse: a part of a song that furthers the story. It is typically followed by a chorus and often contains 4 bars of 4 beats each, with 16 beats in all.
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The elements of drama
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