Stimulus

What is a stimulus

A stimulus is a starting point or a trigger to generate ideas

What is a status?

Status is a character’s importance – their position in relation to others. Status refers to

how confident and powerful a character feels inside themselves. Background, life

circumstances and personality influences their status.

What is PACT

Place

Action

Characters

Time

What is Structure?

Structure is the way in which your drama is put together in terms of time, place and action.

You can choose to have either a l i n ea r or a n o n - l i n ea r structure.

What is a linear structure?

What is a non-linear structure?

Flashback

Acting out an event in the past

Flash-forward

Acting out of a future or imagined event

Freeze Frame

The action is frozen in time

Frozen Picture

Alternative word for tableau

Mime

Stylised form of movement which creates an illusion of rea

Monologue

A character speaks their thoughts aloud

Movement

Use of the body as a means of communication

Slow Motion

Movement performed at a slowed down speed

Narration

Parts of the drama are told as a story by a narrator

Voice Over

Recorded speech played during a drama

Aside

A remark to the audience only

Soliloquy

A single lengthy speech, made when no other characters

are on stage

Tableau

A stage picture, held without movement

Split Stage

When two or more scenes are set up on the performance space

What are the different purposes of a Drama?

What does a purpose need to do?

The purpose, or purposes, of a drama must be established

in order to communicate meaning.