Elements of Drama (Australian Curriculum)

Pick all that are Elements of Drama

• Roles and Character

• Costumes

• Relationships

• Situation

Pick all that are Elements of Drama

• Space and Time

• Voice and Movement

• Language

• Tension

Pick all that are Elements of Drama

• Scene

• Action

• Dramatic Meaning

• Symbol

Voice can be used to:

(pick all that apply)

• create roles and relationships

• create situations

• create atmosphere

• create symbols

Movement (facial expression, posture and action) can be used to:

(pick all that apply)

• Create roles and relationships

• Create situation

• Create atmosphere

• Create symbol

_____ demonstrate the portrayal of a person’s values, attitudes, intentions and actions.

• Role and character

• Relationship

• Situation

• Context

The connections and interactions between people that affect the dramatic action are called _____.

• roles

• characters

• relationships

• situations

_____ is the circumstances of the dramatic action – the who, what, where, when and what is at stake of the roles/characters.

• Place

• Situation

• Space

• Tension

'Space' refers to:

(pick all that apply)

• The physical location of the performance and audience.

• The fictional space of the dramatic action

• The emotional space between characters.

• Outer space.

Time refers to:

(pick all that apply)

• The fictional time in the narrative or setting

• The time the performance starts and finishes

• Timing of one moment to the next contributing to the tension and rhythm of dramatic action