way of speaking used in a local area or country accent
TRANSCRIPT
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Way of speaking used in a local area or country
Accent
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Type of clay used for altering the shape of the nose or chin and/or
making warts and wounds
• NOSE PUTTY
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Used to attach a lantern to the lighting bar for safety
• SAFETY CHAIN
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Control board for lighting
• LIGHTING DESK
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add soft furnishings such as table cloth, cushions, pictures
and pre-set props
• Dress the set/set dressing
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Liquid rubber which can be used to make skull cap moulds and
false noses
• LATEX
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Lightweight frames and boards for creating levels
• Portable staging
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A loud whisper intended to be heard by the audience
• STAGE WHISPER
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Clear pronunciation of words
articulation
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Outline of the plot of a drama including changes in time and
place
• SCENARIO
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Beam of light created by a lantern for a person or place on
the acting area
SPOTLIGHT
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Downstage Centre
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Plastic head-shaped covering to give appearance of baldness
• SKULL CAP
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A drama presented through dance moves
• Dance Drama
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The process of fully developing a character
• Characterisation
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Focussing
• Positioning the lanterns to get the desired lighting
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Explanation of symbols on a ground plan
• KEY
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Clearness of the Voice
• Clarity
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Worn by actors for their character
• MAKE UP
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Glue used to attach hair to the face
• SPIRIT GUM
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A form of drama in which a fairy tale is told. Usually performed at
Christmas time
• PANTOMIME
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The collective name for lighting, sound, costume, props, makeup
and set
• THEATRE ARTS
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• UP STAGE LEFT
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The position of the acting area relative to the audience
• STAGING
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A drama about unhappy events and with a sad ending
• TRAGEDY
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Section of a drama set in one place at one time.
• Scene
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• UP STAGE RIGHT
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The whole acting area is evenly lit
• WASH (general wash)
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Place where a drama is presented
• VENUE
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Enter
• To come on stage
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Fresnel Spot
• Lantern giving a soft edged beam of light
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Flash Forward
• (convention) acting out of a future or imagined event
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a conversation between two or more characters
• Dialogue
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• Downstage Left (DSL)
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Master copy of the script with all moves and technical effects
included
• PROMPT COPY
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Stage curtains
• TABS
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Blocks or platforms used to create levels
• ROSTRA
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A signal for an actor to do or say something, or for a lighting or sound effect to begin or end
• cue
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Recorded speech played during a drama
• VOICE OVER
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Build up of tension or excitement
• TENSION
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Evaluate
• To judge the strengths and weaknesses of a drama
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Change of voice to express emotion
• TONE
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Written or spoken advice on how to act in a drama
• STAGE DIRECTIONS
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• UP STAGE CENTRE
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A specific group of people at whom a a drama is aimed
• TARGET AUDIENCE
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Film placed in front of a lantern to change the colour of the beam.
• Gel
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A character speaks their thoughts aloud (with another
person on stage)
• MONOLOUGE
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Sticks of make-up in different colours used to create lines,
bruises, shading, highlighting
• LINERS
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Using light colours to make face areas stand out
• SHADING
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a break in speech, or a period of silence
• PAUSE
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Flats
• Wooden frames, joined together and covered with canvas which can be painted
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Soft pencils in different colours which are easily smudged and
blended
• PENCILS
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Movement performed at a slowed down speed
• SLOW MOTION
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A list of costumes for each character in a drama
• Costume list
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Follow Spot
• Powerful profile used to follow actors around the acting area
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Dramatic Irony
• Actions or remarks whose significance is not realised by all the characters. (you know something the characters don’t)
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Left hand side of the stage where prompter and stage manager sit
during performance
• PROMPT SIDE
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A documentary style drama, including reconstruction of events
• Docu-drama
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Powder, liquid or capsules which create the effect of bleeding
• FAKE BLOOD
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The way to write down lighting effects
• LFX
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Table in the wings on which all props are placed for actors to
collect as they enter and replace as they exit
• Props table
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Costume which reflects clothing from a time in history
• PERIOD COSTUME
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Canvas cloth which covers the back of the stage & can be painted
Back cloth
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Scene by scene breakdown which sequences time, place and
action.
• STUCTURE
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Audience seated all around the acting area
THEATRE IN THE ROUND
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Fluency
• Natural flowing speech
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Rising and falling of voice
• INTONATION
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Non acting area behind the stage
• Backstage
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Window Flat
• Frames into which a window is built
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Part of the stage in front of the curtain
• APRON
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Dress Rehearsal
• Final rehearsal of a drama with all the theatre arts added
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A means of exploring attitudes and beliefs
• ROLE PLAY
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Stage within an enclosing arch
• PROSCENIUM ARCH STAGE
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A drama which is funny/comical
• comedy
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To remove all the set from the acting area
• STRIKE
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Form
• The overall Style of a drama
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Use of the body as a means of communication
• MOVEMENT
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Recall of words said by others about a character or situation
• VOICES IN THE HEAD
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Exit
• To leave the acting area
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Natural, flowing speech
• FLUENCY
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Presentation of a drama to an audience
• PERFORMANCE
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Speed of movement or speech
• PACE
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Basic skin colour
• FOUNDATION
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An item carried or worn by a character e.g. glasses/handbag
• PERSONAL PROP
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Alternative ways of presenting a drama
• Conventions
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Anything which suggests ideas which can be developed into a
drama
• STIMULUS
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The acting area is not lit
• Blackout
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Sides of a theatre stage
• WINGS
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A stage picture held without movement
• TABLEAU
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Front of House
• Any job in the theatre that involves the audience (box office, bar, ushers etc)
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Scars created with make-up , putty or scarring material
• SCARRING
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To supply forgotten lines to an actor
• PROMPT
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What the audience sees of the stage from where they are sitting
• SIGHT LINES
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The lighting/sound is faded out slowly
• Slow fade to
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A drama created on the spot without a script or a plan
• SPONTANEOUS IMPROVISATION
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Used to create an unshaven look or the appearance of cracked
veins
STIPPLE SPONGE
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one actor unintentionally preventing another from being
seen by the audience
• Masking
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Forum Theatre
• The audience suggest changes to a drama in order to affect the outcomes
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Movement of the hand or arm which communicates a meaning
or emotion
• gesture
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Clothes worn by actors for their characters
• Costume
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Key moment, scene, character, relationship or event in a drama
• FOCUS
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Short for properties- objects used by an actor
• PROPS
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Scenery used to show where and when a drama takes place
• SET
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A single lengthy speech, made when no other characters are on
stage
• SOLILOQUY
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Facial expression
• Look on the face which shows emotion
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How high or low the voice is
• PITCH
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The back wall of the stage which can be painted or lit
• cyclorama
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The lighting/sound is faded out quickly
• Fast fade to
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the written words of a drama
• SCRIPT
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Door in the floor through which actors can ascend or descend
• TRAP DOOR
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Stylised form of movement creating the illusion of reality
• MIME
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Focus
• Key moment, scene, character, relationship or event in a drama
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Loudness or quietness of the voice
• VOLUME
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A form of drama which includes songs and/or music
• MUSICAL
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Area above the stage from where scenery/actors are
flown in on pulleys
• flies
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Used to create the look of a missing tooth by blacking out an
existing one
• TOOTH VARNISH
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Resources used to create the setting where a drama takes
place,
• SCENERY
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Piece of scenery on wheels for ease of movement
• TRUCK
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Position of the body –how it is held
• POSTURE
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See through material which cannot be seen through when lit from the front, but can be seen through when lit from behind
• GAUZE
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Stage Fireworks
• PYROTECHNICS
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Parts of the drama are told as a story
• NARRATOR/NARRATION
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Lantern giving a wide spread of light
• FLOOD
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Plaits of artificial hair which can be cut and trimmed to form eyebrows, moustaches and
beards
• CREPE HAIR
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Freeze Frame
• (convention) the action is frozen in time
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Clamp used to secure lantern to lighting bar or stand
• G- clamp
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Emphasis
• Stressing a word or a phrase
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• Centre Stage Right (CSR)
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Master copy of the script with all moves and technical effects
included
• PROMPT COPY
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Adjustable metal flaps attached to the front of a fresnel spotlight for
shaping the beam of light
• Barndoors
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Person who has written the play
• PLAY WRIGHT
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Door flat
• Frames into which a door is built
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The process of developing a drama’s content and roles through
practical exploration, experimentation and problem
solving. (in the drama process)
• Creating
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Frozen Picture
• A tableau but the foundation word
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Flood
• Lantern giving a wide spread of light
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Appropriate speech for the person being spoken to, or for
the situation
• REGISTER
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Any job in the theatre which involves dealing with the
audience (e.g. the box office, bar, usher)
• FRONT OF HOUSE
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An aid to characterisation where the character speaks their
thoughts out loud
• THOUGHT TRACKING
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Movements which follow a pattern or a beat
• RHYTHM
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Flies
• Area above the stage from where scenery/actors are flown in on pulleys
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Part played by an actor/ attitude adopted
• ROLE
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An item placed on the set, usually part of it e.g. a lamp,
clock, picture
SET PROP
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• Centre Stage (CS)
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The result of creating process, including performance and
evaluation
• PRESENTING
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Drama devised/ created without a script which is rehearsed
before presentation
• REHEARSED IMPROVISATION
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A loud whisper intended to be heard by the audience
• STAGE WHISPER
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An exaggerated portrayal of a type of person
• STEREOTYPE
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End on Stage
• Audience seated at one end-acting area at the other
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Thin metal plate cut out in a pattern and placed in a lantern to project pattern or shape into the
acting area
• gobo
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Deciding where and when actors will move on stage
• Blocking
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Used to create a mood or atmosphere on stage using specific devices. E.g. strobe
light, mirror ball, smoke machine
• SPECIAL EFFECTS
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Covering for all, or part, of the face
• MASK
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Audience follows the action on foot moving from one location to
another
• PROMENADE
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Blackout is achieved instantly
• Snap to
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Specific person in a drama
• Character
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Questioning a character in the role
• HOT SEATING
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Lantern giving a hard edged beam of light
• PROFILE SPOT
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Control desk for sound effect being used in a drama
• MIXING DESK
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Stage which turns in a circle
• Revolving stage
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Attitude or position of the body
• STANCE
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Area of the seating above the stalls and below the balcony
• DRESS CIRCLE
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Speaking or moving at exactly the right time
• TIMING
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• Centre Stage Left (CSL)
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Stairs
• TREADS
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character (s) walk past other characters who comment on the
situation
• THOUGHT TUNNEL
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Keeping and even distribution of weight
• Balance
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Practise or preparation of a drama
• REHEARSAL
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Messages given by the position or movement of the body
• Body Language
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Areas of seating above the stage
• BALCONY
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Area in which actors wait when not on stage during a
performance
• GREEN ROOM
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Slope of stage (to allow actors to be seen)
• RAKE
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Bird’s eye view of the set showing what is on the set,
entrances/exits and the position of the audience
• GROUND PLAN
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Story line of a drama
• PLOT
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To change from one lighting cue to another with no blackout in
between or to change from one sound cue to another with no
silence in between
• Crossfade
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Flashback
• (convention) Acting out of an event in the past
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Audience seated on three sides of the acting area
• Thrust staging
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The position of the acting area relative to the audience
• STAGING
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Importance relative to others
• STATUS
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A remark to the audience only
aside
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People watching the Drama
audience
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Drapes which curtain off the sides, or back of the stage
• BLACKS
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Lowest area of seating, not above stage height
• STALLS
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The area for the audience, generally filled with seats
Auditorium