Transcript Way of speaking used in a local area or country

Way of speaking used in a
local area or country
Accent
Type of clay used for altering the
shape of the nose or chin and/or
making warts and wounds
• NOSE PUTTY
Used to attach a lantern to the
lighting bar for safety
• SAFETY CHAIN
Control board for lighting
• LIGHTING DESK
add soft furnishings such as
table cloth, cushions, pictures
and pre-set props
• Dress the set/set dressing
Liquid rubber which can be used
to make skull cap moulds and
false noses
• LATEX
Lightweight frames and boards
for creating levels
• Portable staging
A loud whisper intended to be
heard by the audience
• STAGE WHISPER
Clear pronunciation of words
articulation
Outline of the plot of a drama
including changes in time and
place
• SCENARIO
Beam of light created by a
lantern for a person or place on
the acting area
SPOTLIGHT
Downstage Centre
Plastic head-shaped covering to
give appearance of baldness
• SKULL CAP
A drama presented through dance
moves
• Dance Drama
The process of fully developing a
character
• Characterisation
Focussing
• Positioning the lanterns to get the desired
lighting
Explanation of symbols on a
ground plan
• KEY
Clearness of the Voice
• Clarity
Worn by actors for their
character
• MAKE UP
Glue used to attach hair to the
face
• SPIRIT GUM
A form of drama in which a fairy
tale is told. Usually performed at
Christmas time
• PANTOMIME
The collective name for lighting,
sound, costume, props, makeup
and set
• THEATRE ARTS
• UP STAGE LEFT
The position of the acting area
relative to the audience
• STAGING
A drama about unhappy events
and with a sad ending
• TRAGEDY
Section of a drama set in one
place at one time.
• Scene
• UP STAGE RIGHT
The whole acting area is evenly
lit
• WASH (general wash)
Place where a drama is
presented
• VENUE
Enter
• To come on stage
Fresnel Spot
• Lantern giving a soft edged beam of light
Flash Forward
• (convention) acting out of a future or
imagined event
a conversation between two or
more characters
• Dialogue
• Downstage Left
(DSL)
Master copy of the script with all
moves and technical effects
included
• PROMPT COPY
Stage curtains
• TABS
Blocks or platforms used to
create levels
• ROSTRA
A signal for an actor to do or say
something, or for a lighting or
sound effect to begin or end
• cue
Recorded speech played during
a drama
• VOICE OVER
Build up of tension or excitement
• TENSION
Evaluate
• To judge the strengths and weaknesses of
a drama
Change of voice to express
emotion
• TONE
Written or spoken advice on how
to act in a drama
• STAGE DIRECTIONS
• UP STAGE CENTRE
A specific group of people at
whom a a drama is aimed
• TARGET AUDIENCE
Film placed in front of a lantern to
change the colour of the beam.
• Gel
A character speaks their
thoughts aloud (with another
person on stage)
• MONOLOUGE
Sticks of make-up in different
colours used to create lines,
bruises, shading, highlighting
• LINERS
Using light colours to make face
areas stand out
• SHADING
a break in speech, or a period of
silence
• PAUSE
Flats
• Wooden frames, joined together and
covered with canvas which can be painted
Soft pencils in different colours
which are easily smudged and
blended
• PENCILS
Movement performed at a
slowed down speed
• SLOW MOTION
A list of costumes for each
character in a drama
• Costume list
Follow Spot
• Powerful profile used to follow actors
around the acting area
Dramatic Irony
• Actions or remarks whose significance is
not realised by all the characters. (you
know something the characters don’t)
Left hand side of the stage where
prompter and stage manager sit
during performance
• PROMPT SIDE
A documentary style drama,
including reconstruction of events
• Docu-drama
Powder, liquid or capsules which
create the effect of bleeding
• FAKE BLOOD
The way to write down lighting
effects
• LFX
Table in the wings on which all
props are placed for actors to
collect as they enter and replace
as they exit
• Props table
Costume which reflects clothing
from a time in history
• PERIOD COSTUME
Canvas cloth which covers the
back of the stage & can be painted
Back cloth
O----------O
Scene by scene breakdown
which sequences time, place and
action.
• STUCTURE
Audience seated all around the
acting area
THEATRE IN THE ROUND
Fluency
• Natural flowing speech
Rising and falling of voice
• INTONATION
Non acting area behind the stage
• Backstage
Window Flat
• Frames into which a window is built
Part of the stage in front of the
curtain
• APRON
Dress Rehearsal
• Final rehearsal of a drama with all the
theatre arts added
A means of exploring attitudes
and beliefs
• ROLE PLAY
Stage within an enclosing arch
• PROSCENIUM ARCH STAGE
A drama which is funny/comical
• comedy
To remove all the set from the
acting area
• STRIKE
Form
• The overall Style of a drama
Use of the body as a means of
communication
• MOVEMENT
Recall of words said by others
about a character or situation
• VOICES IN THE HEAD
Exit
• To leave the acting area
Natural, flowing speech
• FLUENCY
Presentation of a drama to an
audience
• PERFORMANCE
Speed of movement or speech
• PACE
Basic skin colour
• FOUNDATION
An item carried or worn by a
character e.g. glasses/handbag
• PERSONAL PROP
Alternative ways of presenting a
drama
• Conventions
Anything which suggests ideas
which can be developed into a
drama
• STIMULUS
The acting area is not lit
• Blackout
Sides of a theatre stage
• WINGS
A stage picture held without
movement
• TABLEAU
Front of House
• Any job in the theatre that involves the
audience (box office, bar, ushers etc)
Scars created with make-up ,
putty or scarring material
• SCARRING
To supply forgotten lines to an
actor
• PROMPT
What the audience sees of the
stage from where they are sitting
• SIGHT LINES
The lighting/sound is faded out
slowly
• Slow fade to
A drama created on the spot
without a script or a plan
• SPONTANEOUS IMPROVISATION
Used to create an unshaven look
or the appearance of cracked
veins
STIPPLE SPONGE
one actor unintentionally
preventing another from being
seen by the audience
• Masking
Forum Theatre
• The audience suggest changes to a drama
in order to affect the outcomes
Movement of the hand or arm
which communicates a meaning
or emotion
• gesture
Clothes worn by actors for their
characters
• Costume
Key moment, scene, character,
relationship or event in a drama
• FOCUS
Short for properties- objects
used by an actor
• PROPS
Scenery used to show where and
when a drama takes place
• SET
A single lengthy speech, made
when no other characters are on
stage
• SOLILOQUY
Facial expression
• Look on the face which shows emotion
How high or low the voice is
• PITCH
The back wall of the stage which
can be painted or lit
• cyclorama
The lighting/sound is faded out
quickly
• Fast fade to
the written words of a drama
• SCRIPT
Door in the floor through which
actors can ascend or descend
• TRAP DOOR
Stylised form of movement
creating the illusion of reality
• MIME
Focus
• Key moment, scene, character,
relationship or event in a drama
Loudness or quietness of the
voice
• VOLUME
A form of drama which includes
songs and/or music
• MUSICAL
Area above the stage from
where scenery/actors are
flown in on pulleys
• flies
Used to create the look of a
missing tooth by blacking out an
existing one
• TOOTH VARNISH
Resources used to create the
setting where a drama takes
place,
• SCENERY
Piece of scenery on wheels for
ease of movement
• TRUCK
Position of the body –how it is
held
• POSTURE
See through material which
cannot be seen through when lit
from the front, but can be seen
through when lit from behind
• GAUZE
Stage Fireworks
• PYROTECHNICS
Parts of the drama are told as a
story
• NARRATOR/NARRATION
Lantern giving a wide spread of
light
• FLOOD
Plaits of artificial hair which can
be cut and trimmed to form
eyebrows, moustaches and
beards
• CREPE HAIR
Freeze Frame
• (convention) the action is frozen in time
Clamp used to secure lantern to
lighting bar or stand
• G- clamp
Emphasis
• Stressing a word or a phrase
• Centre Stage Right (CSR)
Master copy of the script with all
moves and technical effects
included
• PROMPT
COPY
Adjustable metal flaps attached to
the front of a fresnel spotlight for
shaping the beam of light
• Barndoors
Person who has written the play
• PLAY WRIGHT
Door flat
• Frames into which a door is built
The process of developing a
drama’s content and roles through
practical exploration,
experimentation and problem
solving.
(in the drama process)
• Creating
Frozen Picture
• A tableau but the foundation word
Flood
• Lantern giving a wide spread of light
Appropriate speech for the
person being spoken to, or for
the situation
• REGISTER
Any job in the theatre which
involves dealing with the
audience (e.g. the box office, bar,
usher)
• FRONT OF HOUSE
An aid to characterisation where
the character speaks their
thoughts out loud
• THOUGHT TRACKING
Movements which follow a
pattern or a beat
• RHYTHM
Flies
• Area above the stage from where
scenery/actors are flown in on pulleys
Part played by an actor/ attitude
adopted
• ROLE
An item placed on the set,
usually part of it e.g. a lamp,
clock, picture
SET PROP
• Centre Stage (CS)
The result of creating process,
including performance and
evaluation
• PRESENTING
Drama devised/ created without
a script which is rehearsed
before presentation
• REHEARSED IMPROVISATION
A loud whisper intended to be
heard by the audience
• STAGE WHISPER
An exaggerated portrayal of a
type of person
• STEREOTYPE
End on Stage
• Audience seated at one end-acting
area at the other
Thin metal plate cut out in a
pattern and placed in a lantern to
project pattern or shape into the
acting area
• gobo
Deciding where and when actors
will move on stage
• Blocking
Used to create a mood or
atmosphere on stage using
specific devices. E.g. strobe
light, mirror ball, smoke machine
• SPECIAL EFFECTS
Covering for all, or part, of the
face
• MASK
Audience follows the action on
foot moving from one location to
another
• PROMENADE
Blackout is achieved instantly
• Snap to
Specific person in a drama
• Character
Questioning a character in the
role
• HOT SEATING
Lantern giving a hard edged
beam of light
• PROFILE SPOT
Control desk for sound effect
being used in a drama
• MIXING DESK
Stage which turns in a circle
• Revolving stage
Attitude or position of the body
• STANCE
Area of the seating above the
stalls and below the balcony
• DRESS CIRCLE
Speaking or moving at exactly
the right time
• TIMING
• Centre Stage Left (CSL)
Stairs
• TREADS
character (s) walk past other
characters who comment on the
situation
• THOUGHT TUNNEL
Keeping and even distribution of
weight
• Balance
Practise or preparation of a
drama
• REHEARSAL
Messages given by the position or
movement of the body
• Body Language
Areas of seating above the stage
• BALCONY
Area in which actors wait when
not on stage during a
performance
• GREEN ROOM
Slope of stage
(to allow actors to be seen)
• RAKE
Bird’s eye view of the set
showing what is on the set,
entrances/exits and the position
of the audience
• GROUND PLAN
Story line of a drama
• PLOT
To change from one lighting cue to
another with no blackout in
between or to change from one
sound cue to another with no
silence in between
• Crossfade
Flashback
• (convention) Acting out of an event in the
past
Audience seated on three sides
of the acting area
• Thrust staging
The position of the acting area
relative to the audience
• STAGING
Importance relative to others
• STATUS
A remark to the audience only
aside
People watching the Drama
audience
Drapes which curtain off the
sides, or back of the stage
• BLACKS
Lowest area of seating, not
above stage height
• STALLS
The area for the audience,
generally filled with seats
Auditorium