Grade 7 Music and Arts Term 1 Reviewer

Vocabulary practice flashcards based on Grade 7 Music and Arts Term 1 review covering Asian theater practices, principles of theater arts, dramatic forms, emphasis, and film types.

Religious Ritual

Performances or ceremonies connected to religion, worship, and people's beliefs.

Trance Ritual

A ritual in which a person enters an altered state of consciousness, often through repetitive movements, chanting, music, or drumming.

Shamanistic Ritual

A ritual performed or guided by a shaman, who is believed to communicate with the spiritual world.

Animal Movement

Movements that imitate the actions, behavior, or appearance of animals in rituals, storytelling, entertainment, or martial arts.

Martial Arts

Traditional systems of fighting and self-defense that involve disciplined physical movements and influence stage performances.

Storytelling

The practice of communicating stories, history, beliefs, and experiences through spoken words, actions, gestures, and expressions.

Movement

The use of the actor's body, gestures, facial expressions, and actions during a performance.

Rhythm

The pattern and timing of movements, sounds, speech, and actions in a performance.

Relationship

The connection between performers, characters, objects, space, and the audience.

Balance

The arrangement of performers, props, and other visual elements so that the stage looks stable and organized.

Symmetrical Balance

A type of balance where both sides of the stage have similar or equal visual elements.

Asymmetrical Balance

A type of balance where two sides are different but still appear visually balanced.

Radial Balance

A type of balance where visual elements are arranged around a central point.

Contrast

The use of differences between elements to make them more noticeable or interesting.

Character Contrast

Showing differences between characters, such as placing a kind character beside a cruel character.

Emotional Contrast

Showing different or opposite emotions, such as one character feeling happy while another is sad.

Thematic Contrast

Showing opposing ideas or messages, such as good versus evil or freedom versus oppression.

Visual Contrast

Using differences in appearance, color, size, shape, lighting, or position to create noticeability.

Textural Contrast

Showing differences in the physical or visual quality of surfaces, costumes, props, or scenery.

Dramatic Form

The structure or way a dramatic work is organized and presented.

Plot

The sequence of events that happens in a story or play.

Character

A person, animal, or figure who participates in the story.

Setting

The time and place where the story happens.

Theme

The central idea, message, or lesson of a story.

Conflict

The struggle or problem between opposing forces.

Dramatic Irony

A situation in which the audience knows something that a character does not know.

Reversal

A sudden or important change in the direction or situation of the story.

Conventions

Commonly accepted practices, techniques, or rules used in theater.

Tragedy

A serious dramatic form in which the main character experiences suffering, loss, or disaster.

Comedy

A dramatic form intended mainly to entertain and make the audience laugh.

Melodrama

A dramatic form that emphasizes strong emotions, exaggerated situations, and clear differences between good and evil.

Farce

A type of comedy that uses exaggerated, ridiculous, and sometimes unbelievable situations to make people laugh.

Emphasis

Making a particular person, object, action, sound, or idea stand out so that the audience notices it.

Visual Emphasis

Drawing attention through things the audience can see, such as lighting, costume, color, position, or size.

Auditory Emphasis

Drawing attention through sound, such as loud music, sound effects, shouting, or sudden silence.

Dramatic Emphasis

Giving special importance to an action, event, character, or moment in the story.

Textual Emphasis

Giving importance to particular words, dialogue, or written text.

Actor-Audience Relationship

The connection or interaction between the performers and the people watching the performance.

Actors' Performance

How actors use their voice, body, facial expressions, emotions, and movements to portray their characters.

Audience Reactions

The responses of the audience during or after a performance, such as laughing, clapping, crying, or cheering.

Short Film

A film that is much shorter than a full-length feature film.

Filipino Historical Film

A Filipino film that presents events, people, places, or experiences connected with Philippine history.

Filipino Documentary Film

A film that presents real people, real events, real experiences, or real issues.