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Drama Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |