Drama
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From Poetry to Drama
Watch the difference between poetry and drama:
To turn the recital of a poem into drama one must add
- put emotion in by varying the level of your voice
- vary your speed, speak in a shivering voice
- use gestures and facial expressions
- introduce music to support the mood e.g. slow instrumental
- several actors, representing the victims and the police. The victims are taken away one after the other. One person recites the poem.
- interaction between characters e.g. others passivly watch
- costumes e.g. for the soldiers, police
- images as background
- use a chorus, which speaks certain passanges together
- don't do any of these to keep it minimalistic
- use lighting e.g. spot on one actor
Drama
Drama - a Definition
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" (Classical Greek: δρᾶμα, drama), which is derived from "to do" (Classical Greek: δράω, drao). The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a collective form of reception. The structure of dramatic texts is directly influenced by this collaborative production and collective reception. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama
Look at the following webpages and try to sum up/note down the main aspects of drama. Do not use the video examples yet!
Write your answers into your groups section
- Do not just copy and paste!
- Try to shorten and condense!
- If there are no examples e.g. for the effect of a certain element - find simple ones!
- Try to clearly work out what possibilities/effects a certain element/aspect of drama has!
Elements of Drama- as a literary Genre-(1,3,4)
- (Do not use page 2 of this set)
Elements of Drama- as a literary Genre-(5-7)
Characterisation
=the way an actor plays a role depending on his skills
- the actor is playing in many ways: -by his body language e.g. moves, dances, walks -by his vocal qualities e.g. the way he speaks - and by his reactions
- techniques: -hot-seating -other aspects to make the character "come alive"
Dramatic conventions
=techniques to create dramatic effects
- slow motion
- freeze-frame
- audience aside
- soliloquy
- establishing one part of the space as one location, and a different part of the space as another location
Symbols
stand for 'real things'
- props
- gestures
- expressions
- costume (e.g. white robes symbolize purity, or death, or lack of emotion)
- lighting
- setting (e.g. on a mointain top ==> loneliness)
can be read as symbols
Aspects of Drama as medium-(1-3)
Aspects of Drama as a medium-(4-6)
1. Space and levels
- different stages have different effects
- different levels (or parts of the stage) might represent different locations
2. Set and props
- background of the stage
- better to keep them simple
- props are items used on the stage, e.g a chair, a suitcase ....
3. Movement, mime and gesture
- different movements, e.g. upstage, downstage, slowly, fearfully
- movement has to fit to the character
- mime is acting without sounds and words
- gesture is using your body language
- facial expresiin (dt.: Mimik!)
Aspects of Drama as a medium-(7-8)
Drama
Voice:
- Tone : adapt the sound of your voice according to the role you play - you may sound sad, desperate, tired
- Volume : speak louder or in a low voice, and vary the volume
- Pitch : describes how high or low your voice sounds
- Pace : speak in the right speed and vary the speed ....
- Clarity : speak clearly - or mumble, if izt helps to characterize the person you play
Spoken language:
- Language registers : formal and informal language, medical legal register ....
- Verse : special kind of construction of language in lines and stanzas ==> poetry
- Slang : use of informal language spoken by a certain social group
