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Drama Terms
Term | Definition |
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Playing Conditions | the elements of time, place, weather, objects and the slate of the individual in order to help actors to interpret their characters |
Energy | the fed that drives acting enlivens performances, creates empathy |
Concentration | the ability to direct all thoughts, energies and skills toward a given goal |
Sensory Awareness | the heightened perception of the 5 senses |
Physicalization | the external manifestation of a desire condition or feeling |
Self Concept | self knowledge get appreciation |
Cut-off Lines | lines interrupted by another actor |
Playing the Moment | responding to what happens |
Playing the obstacles | how a character faces an obstacle |
Playing the objections | methods which characters to reach goals |
Faded Lines | lines that trail off because the characters don't finish |
Inflection | feel that drives acting |
Subtext | the ideas and thoughts that a character thinks about but doesn't say out loud |
Articulation | the specific shaping of sounds by a speaker |
Given Circumstances | the information which includes the play's environmental conditions, previous action and character's point of view |
Projecting | reaching out both vocally avid, physically to the last seat of a distant balcony |
Observation | the ability of nothing of noticing people's emotions, physical characteristics and voice and diction patterns |
Emotional memory | recalling specific emotions such as fear, joy or anger and substituting if for the character's emotion |
Focus | the direction of an actor's attention, action, emotion or line delivery |
Motivation | the reason behind a character's behavior |