elements of drama
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Elements of DramaTRANSCRIPT
DRAMA
WHAT WILL I LEARN TODAY?
• Elements of Drama in its Literature and Theatre form
DRAMA Drama is a composition in prose form that presents a story entirely told in
dialogue and action and written with the
intention of its eventual performance before an
audience.
Drama has a two-fold nature: LITERATURE and
THEATRE.
ELEMENTS OF DRAMA
Drama in Literature
SETTINGSetting identifies the:1. time and place 2. historical period, the moment, day and
season in which the incidents take place3. It also includes the sceneries in the
performance which are usually found in the preliminary descriptions.
CHARACTERS
Characters are the people in the play and thus considered as the principal material in a drama.
PLOT
Plot lays out the series of events that form the entirety of the play. It serves as a structural framework which brings the events to a cohesive form and sense.
THEME
Theme is considered as the unifying element that defines the dramatized idea of the play. It is the over-all sense or implication of the action.
STYLE
Style refers to the mode of expression or presentation of the play which points out the playwright’s position or viewpoint in life.
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1. This refers to the time and place which the story took place.
a. SETTINGS
b. STYLE
c. THEME
d. NONE
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2. The most important material/element in a drama.
a. SETTINGS
b. STYLE
c. THEME
d. NONE
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3. The way how the author expressed the material either realistically such as The High School Musical or unrealistically such as The Lion King.
a. SETTINGS
b. STYLE
c. THEME
d. NONE
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4. Beginning, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and End are parts of this element.
a. SETTINGS
b. STYLE
c. THEME
d. NONE
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5. It is the unifying or main idea of the material.
a. SETTINGS
b. STYLE
c. THEME
d. NONE
ELEMENTS OF DRAMA
Drama in Theatre
SCENERY (set)
These are theatrical equipment, such as curtains, flats,
backdrops, or platforms, used in a dramatic production to
communicate surroundings.
Lion king
Romeo and Juliet
COSTUMES
clothings, masks and accessories worn by actors to portray
character and period.
PROPSshort for properties; any article, except costume or scenery, used as part of a dramatic production;
any moveable object that appears on stage during a performance,
from a telephone to a train.
LIGHTSthe placement, intensity, and color
of lights to help communicate environment, mood, or feeling
SOUNDSthe effects an audience hears during
performance to communicate character, context, or environment