RADIO PLAY/DRAMA The English word ‘drama’ derives from the Greek word ‘dran’ meaning ‘to do’. Thus a drama is a story performed or ‘done’ by people on stage‚ radio‚ film‚ TV‚ on the street. A drama involves a chain of events and describes a web of relationships involving one or more persons. It could be fiction or non-fiction. The main Components/ELEMENTS of a RADIO drama: I. Plot_____________________________________________________ The chain of events or actions in which the characters
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UNIVERSITY OF GAZIANTEP ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE SPRING 2013 ELL 246: RENAISSANCE DRAMA Tuesday 15:30-17:20 / Friday 15:30-16:20 Instructor: Hivren Demir-Atay Office Hours: M 9:30 / T 15:30-17:30 / W 16:30-17:30 Office: Y 212 Course Description: In an attempt to identify the fundamental characteristics of English Renaissance drama‚ this course will provide the students with an overview of Shakespeare’s contemporaries. Starting with the changes that the Italian Renaissance
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Elements of Drama * Characters: Characters are the people (sometimes animals or ideas) portrayed by the actors in the play. It is the characters who move the action‚ or plot‚ of the play forward. * Plot: This is what happens in the play. Plot refers to the action; the basic storyline of the play. * Theme: While plot refers to the action of the play‚ theme refers to the meaning of the play. Theme is the main idea or lesson to be learned from the play. In some cases‚ the theme of a play
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Task 5 Explain ways to embed elements of functional skills in your specialist area. Final draft. The specialist area within which I work is delivering Key and Functional Skills. Therefore‚ the main focus is on English and maths. The challenge I have is less about embedding Functional Skills‚ and more about encouraging learners to apply the skills they are learning within life‚ learning and work. The learners I work with are those who did not achieve grade C or above in their GCSE English and
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Half Term Drama Coursework First Set I thought that this drama workshop was worth two hours of skipping any lesson that would help me on my work. The mentor Ms.Noah provides us a lot of good drama skills that can be used in our drama plays further on. The topic that we focused on in the workshop was Eye and Hand coordination ‚ we played games such as “Follow the Hand” ‚ “Up and Down” and “Listen the Leader” to get us moving in and practicing on the topic that we are suppose to learn. Out of these
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There was a stage where I was less confident with myself and I really‚ well ‘sucked’. The current topic what we’re doing in Drama is improv (improvisation) and the topic is quite a hard one at first but the more someone does it the better you get and the easier it gets. My experience with improve is that at the start i didn’t do as well and that did affect my confidence. Working on it over and over again and playing all the improv games really did help me out and I’ve realised that I’m doing almost
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Dramas are serious‚ plot-driven presentations‚ portraying realistic characters‚ settings‚ life situations‚ and stories involving intense character development and interaction. Usually‚ they are not focused on special-effects‚ comedy‚ or action‚ Dramatic films are probably the largest film genre‚ with many subsets. See also melodramas‚ epics (historical dramas)‚ or romantic genres. Dramaticbiographical films (or "biopics") are a major sub-genre‚ as are ’adult’ films (with mature subject content).
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Drama is written for live visual performance; it is more intense and reflects everyday life tensions more than poetry. Drama is observed right in front of you; there is color‚ lights for the setting‚ clothing and the scenes change. Drama allows you to see the characters personality developed as the drama unfolds on stage. Drama has two forms tragedy and comedy. “Riders of the Sea” is a drama of tragedy. The plot of the drama is central and foreshadowing and flashbacks are techniques used to show
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------------------------------------------------- DRAMA Origin of Greek tragedy and comedy Drama‚ in the western world‚ begins with ancient Greece‚ where the two major forms of drama ……….. tragedy and comedy ………..were an aspect of religious ritual. Greek tragedy is believed to have begun in the sixth century B.C. with Thespis who introduced the first actor on the stage. The first dramatic dialogue lies in the conversation of this actor with leader of the satiric chorus. The dramatic element
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look at modern drama from a thematic perspective. Part of what defines modern drama for me is an emphasis on experiences and predicaments that have applicability to as many people as possible. Modern drama speaks loudly and lucidly to multiple parties‚ and can articulate struggle and redemption in a manner that makes it understandable to all in the modern setting. Its relevancy is effective in real time. For example‚ a reason I consider Beckett’s Waiting for Godot modern drama because it speaks
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