drama

1. MEDIUM-Props are the items that are held or used by an actor in a scene to make it more realistic. These are also best kept to the minimum. (4, 2, 4)
5. ELEMENT- Stage sets help create the background to a drama, but it's usually best to keep them simple. Shakespeare's stage used little in the way of set, and the modern trend is also to keep things low-key. (4, 2, 3)
6. MEDIUM-As well as helping the actors to be seen, lighting can also indicate the time of day, or a place, and can focus audience attention on a character. (4, 2, 8)
7. MEDIUM-Sound and music obviously play a crucial part in musicals, but they can also be used in other productions to. (4, 2, 5, 5)
8. MEDIUM- Voice= tone, volume, pitch, pace & clarity. (4, 2, 5)

2. ELEMENT-There's a range of dramatic conventions (techniques) that have been used to create dramatic effects in plays and spectacles for centuries. (4, 2, 5)
3. MEDIUM- The theatrical technique of suggesting action, character, or emotion without words, using only gesture, expression, and movement. (4, 2, 4)
4. MEDIUM-Costume can be modern clothes, period costume or a fantasy outfit. You may want to wear full costume, or perhaps just wear black, with indications of character as an extra feature.- (4, 2, 7)
7. MEDIUM-There's a vast range of spoken language you can use in a drama. The words you choose need to be just right for the character, the setting and the situation. Here are some pointers to help you. (4, 2, 6, 8)
8. MEDIUM-Masks may be single colour, painted, full-face or half-face. They are usually used in stylised work to indicate non-human characters - for example in a Greek chorus, in 'Animal Farm', or in a play with demons. (4, 2, 5)

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