Theatre Conventions

What was the first sentence we repeated in this lesson? We said it a few different ways.

• I like walking.

• I like walking in the spring.

• I like walking in the fall.

• I like winter.

Why would a playwright or director use a theatre convention?

• To help tell the story of the play.

• To make the play more interesting.

• C

• To confuse the audience.

What is the most common theatrical convention?

• satire

• breaking the 4th wall

• direct address

• dialogue

"A character speaks directly to the audience" - is which convention?

• breaking the 4th wall

• direct address

• narration

• D

Why did we pair up and work on the open script with an assigned convention?

• To waste time

• To practice using theatre conventions

• To learn how to work with each other

Define Chorus

• Ms. Sekhar's 3rd period class

• Singing together

• Use of a group in performance to

  comment on the plot or action of a

  play

• Another word for choir

Define Direct Address

• Scolding someone because they did something wrong.

• Calling someone by their first name

• Writing someone's address on an envelop

• The actor speaks directly to the

  audience, either as their character

  or as the actor stepping out of

  character.

What is Documentary?

• Use of reported or researched fact

  to convey a particular set of views

  or ideas.

• National Geographic

• A really boring movie

• Research paper

Action that is deliberately

overstated for a dramatic purpose,

often for purposes of ridicule.

• Caricature

• Exaggerated Movement

• Chorus

• Satire

Often called “slice of life.” A

style dependent on the lifelike

representation of everyday life.

No manipulation of time or space.

Audience not recognized.

• Narration

• Not breaking the 4th wall

• Breaking the 4th wall

• D