Humanities Drama Unit Schedule Today – Drama Basics Overview (PowerPoint) Thursday – Dance Lesson Projects Presentations – Grading Period Ends Friday – Finish Dance Lesson Project Presentations Monday – Drama review practice – drama project assigned (PSAs) Tuesday and Wednesday – time to work on drama projects Thursday – Binder checks and test cards Friday – Drama Test Monday – Make-up tests Tuesday – Drama projects work time Wednesday and Thursday - Drama projects due Friday – Sub and begin Spring Break Saturday
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Humanities Drama Unit ScheduleToday – Drama Basics Overview (PowerPoint)Thursday – Dance Lesson Projects Presentations – Grading
Period EndsFriday – Finish Dance Lesson Project PresentationsMonday – Drama review practice – drama project assigned
(PSAs)Tuesday and Wednesday – time to work on drama projectsThursday – Binder checks and test cardsFriday – Drama TestMonday – Make-up testsTuesday – Drama projects work timeWednesday and Thursday - Drama projects dueFriday – Sub and begin Spring Break Saturday
Drama Notes
Purposes of Drama
Need to express/communicate emotions/feelings/ideasNeed for social changeUniversal themes (good/evil)Show common ideas/emotions
EntertainmentAdventure movies (Indiana Jones)Sci-Fi (Star Wars)Action (Batman)Etc.
Recreation
Express/communicate emotion/ideas/feelingsWhen drama is performed on a stage in front
of an audience
Artistic expression
Elements of Drama
Parts that a playwright uses in the playPlot (the story)Theme (meaning of the story)CharactersSuspenseLanguage (dialect, slang, etc.)Monologue or soliloquyDialogueStage Directions
Literary
5 main parts of plot:ExpositionRising actionClimaxFalling actionConclusion
Setting – time and placePlays are divided into Acts which are further divided
into Scenes
Literary cont.
Very important in modern theater, less so in the past
Scenery:Suggest a location, time period, or physical setting Flats – painted canvas covered framesFlats can also be curtains, wood, cardboard,
Styrofoam, paper mache, etc.
Technical
SoundSound effects or mood musicMicrophones if needed
Technical Cont.
LightingCreates effects that signify moodColors are often used to give a sense
of the time of dayUsed to work with colors of costumes
Technical Cont.
Make-up:Lighting can “wash out” actors faces, so
make-up is used to accentuate featuresUsed to help create characterAllows for creativity – fake noses, fake
blood, etc.Includes fake hair and hair styles
Technical Cont.
Costumes:Create feel for time, setting, place,
job and social positionNeed to consider colors that will
work well with the lighting used
Technical Cont.
Props:Set props – stationary items on the stage
(sofas, chairs, tables)Hand props – carried by the actors to enhance
their character (swords, handbags, feather dusters)
Technical Cont.
Acting, verbal and nonverbal, reflects a character’s motivation: Wants Obstacles Strategies Age Wealth Where from Emotions Education
Motivation – how everything from a character’s past, present, and future effects their actions
Performance
EmpathyMain goal of actorTo indentify w/ an actorShare the actor’s feelings