PPT-THE ELEMENTS OF DRAMA The

The Elements of Drama The elements of drama are the features that give drama unique shape and form Role and character are directed by focus driven by tension made explicit in time place. A drama is a story acted on stage for an audience.. Dramatic Elements. Dramatic elements are needed to bring a story to life on stage:. setting script speech character. props non-verbal actions conflict . Freewrite. Questions. How . is reading . drama . (a play) different . from reading fiction (like a short story or a novel)? . What things are especially important to notice when reading drama? . That being said, how does . AP English Lit. & Comp.. Drama. Drama is a performed art.. It comes to exist only through performance on a stage. If it is not performed it is simply fiction.. Drama is a visual form.. Drama can exist without words, but it cannot exist without actors in motion, actors intending to be seen.. . . MIDDLE ENGLISH DRAMA. RELIGIOUS DRAMA – important part of Middle English Literature.. NOT created for reading. ORIGINS OF DRAMA:. bound up with worship. few could read. Christian Story And Lessons of The Bible brought to people by Simple Dramatic Scenes.. Justin Grant, University of Florida. Fiction vs. Drama. Fiction as Text. Drama as Text-in-Performance. The Writer as Dramaturge. The Project. Read the play. Carefully select an 8 to 10min. scene . Research the context. Early American Drama. The American . Company, managed . by David . Douglass. ,. . was the first professional company to produce plays in the American colonies. .. The first . production was . The Prince of Parthia. A story that is written to be performed. . It is a play put on for the public. . Movies are dramas that are caught on camera.. Drama Terms . Dramatization- the acting out of something. . Stage Directions- tells the actor how to act, where to stand, how to move, etc. . How does drama provide the reader a different experience than prose (short stories, novels) or poetry?. How is drama different from television?. Drama. Comes from the Greek Word, . “. Dran. ”. . drama. comes from the Greek verb . dran. , which means “to do.” The Doing/Acting is what makes drama.. The earliest known plays. . . . Were written around the fifth century B.C. Produced for festivals to honor Dionysus, the god of wine and fertility. Welcome from Kat and Shaffer!. Who are we?. Kat Shondeck. 7. th. year with MNMS Drama club. Over 35 years as a performer/director/choreographer/producer. Works at PSU. Lives in Boalsburg with husband, Mike and 5. A story that is written with the purpose of being performed in front of an audience.. Or in other words, a play. Dramas always have 5 major elements (& often more):. Rising action. Conflict. Climax. Ice-Breaker. Take a look at the film script for . The . Monsters . A. re Due on Maple Street. .. Steve. What was that? A meteor? . Don. . [. Nods. ] That's what it looked like. I didn't hear any crash, though, did you? . Ice-Breaker. Take a look at the film script for . The . Monsters . A. re Due on Maple Street. .. Steve. What was that? A meteor? . Don. . [. Nods. ] That's what it looked like. I didn't hear any crash, though, did you? . . Drama. has one characteristic peculiar to itself - it is written primarily to be . performed. , not read. It is a presentation of action . a. through . actors . (the impact is direct and immediate), .