This document provides an overview of key concepts in drama and playwriting. It defines common drama terms like drama, play, playwright, and dramatist. It also categorizes plays by theme (tragedy, comedy), length (full length, one act), modality (closet drama, street play), and industry standard formatting. Additionally, it outlines the basic elements of dramatic structure, including objectives, obstacles, conflict, and dramatic action. Finally, it defines common dramatic techniques like dialogue, monologue, soliloquy, and aside.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in drama and playwriting. It defines common drama terms like drama, play, playwright, and dramatist. It also categorizes plays by theme (tragedy, comedy), length (full length, one act), modality (closet drama, street play), and industry standard formatting. Additionally, it outlines the basic elements of dramatic structure, including objectives, obstacles, conflict, and dramatic action. Finally, it defines common dramatic techniques like dialogue, monologue, soliloquy, and aside.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in drama and playwriting. It defines common drama terms like drama, play, playwright, and dramatist. It also categorizes plays by theme (tragedy, comedy), length (full length, one act), modality (closet drama, street play), and industry standard formatting. Additionally, it outlines the basic elements of dramatic structure, including objectives, obstacles, conflict, and dramatic action. Finally, it defines common dramatic techniques like dialogue, monologue, soliloquy, and aside.
Drama – more theatrical term and deals with the art of 2. Teleplay – made for television play production. 3. Screenplay –meant to be a movie - Deals with art of play production and the stage. 4. Radio play – meant for radio broadcast Dramatist – skilled in the production in play Intertextuality – literary device that shapes the meaning of Play – literary genre written by a playwright, usually your text, connection to others. consisting of dialogues between characters intended for a theatrical performance rather than just reading. Hypo text- previous Hypertext – now/ present Playwright – person who writes a play. Types of Intertextuality DRAMA ACCORDING TO THEME Obligatory Intertextuality – writer is obligated to continue his/her previous text. Tragedy – more serious and deals with darker theme Optional Intertextuality – the connection of texts may or - Sad and depressing ending. may not recognized by your readers/audience Accidental Intertextuality - when the reader finds some 2 kinds of tragedy connection between your text or some other texts. 1. Melodrama – romance 2. Tragicomedy - blends aspects of both tragedy Industry Standard Form and comedy Plays – written in a script format Comedy - a play that is meant to be humorous with a Size – 8.5 x 11 Margin – 1 (top, right, bottom, left) happy and vivacious ending. 1st Page – T I T L E ex. Lake of Vengeance 4 types of Comedy 2nd Page – Characters 1. Satire – expose with political issue and social statement DRAMATIC STRUCTURE AND WRITING (plot) 2. Burlesque - tries to make people laugh by 4 BASIC ELEMENTS caricaturing the spirit of serious work 1. Objectives – character’s urgent, want or need 3. Farce – nonsensical; overacted comedy play 2. Obstacle – is a strong resistance, an impediment, than often used. or another character’s action, that prevents your - uses slapstick humor character from reaching her desired objective or 4. Comedy of manners – expose something about goal the manners. 3. Conflict – begins when your character wants - Difference between the rich and the poor. something but there is an obstacle 4. Dramatic Action – journey, trajectory, events and According to Length happenings that your character takes actively 1. Full Length Play/ evening play – 70 – 80 mins. seek her objective 2. One Act Play – 30 mins. / 15 – 45 mins. Traditional Plotting 3. Ten Minute Play –shortest play Orientation – introductory material that will establish your play’s initial sense of equilibrium and stability. According to Modality Disorientation – play’s action, and it starts with the 1. Closet Drama – play that is not meant to be point of attack that breaks the equilibrium or causes performed on stage instability. 2. Mono Drama – played by a single actor. Reorientation – ending that follows the climax. 3. Street Play – performance piece in outdoor public Dialogue – conversation between two or more places people. 4. Puppet Play – uses puppet Monologue – refer to all the lines of exchange 5. Dance Drama – conveyed by dance movements between characters as dialogue. and sometimes accompanied by dialogue Soliloquy – spoken when no one else is on stage 6. Shadow Play – uses shadow Aside – words spoken in a play for the audience to hear, but supposed not to be heard by the other characters.