Drama flashcards

63 WACE Drama cards across 2 modules (15 definitions, 48 key facts, 0 fill-the-gap, 0 formulas). Each session gives you 20 cards, due cards first. Swipe right for easy, left for hard, down for again. Keyboard: Space to flip, 1 to 4 to rate.

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What this deck covers

Unit 3: Representational, Realist and Constructivist Drama (28 cards, 11 dot points)
Unit 4: Contemporary and Devised Drama (35 cards, 13 dot points)

Sample cards from this deck

Definition
Constructivist and representational form: WACE Year 12 Drama Unit 3
Define Constructivism
Constructivism in theatre is an approach to design and staging that uses bare, functional, openly built structures as a working environment for the actor, rather than realistic painted scenery.
Definition
Artaud and the theatre of cruelty: WACE Year 12 Drama Unit 4
Define Total theatre
Total theatre is the idea that every element of production, sound, light, movement, space, image and the body, should combine into a single overwhelming sensory experience rather than serving a spoken text.
Definition
Realism and naturalism: WACE Year 12 Drama Unit 3
Define The fourth wall
The fourth wall is the imagined invisible barrier between the actors and the audience in realist theatre. Performers behave as if no audience is present, which sustains the illusion that the audience is secretly observing real, private life.
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Brecht and epic theatre: WACE Year 12 Drama Unit 4
Define Gestus
Gestus is a Brechtian convention in which a gesture, posture or way of behaving captures the social relationship or attitude underlying a moment, such as the bearing of power or servitude.
Definition
Stanislavski's system and characterisation: WACE Year 12 Drama Unit 3
Define Subtext
Subtext is the meaning beneath the spoken line: what a character actually wants, thinks or feels while saying something else. In Stanislavskian acting the words are the surface and the objective is the engine underneath, so two actors can say the same line very differently depending on the subtext they play.
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Critical frameworks and cultural perspectives: WACE Year 12 Drama Unit 4
Define Cultural perspective
A cultural perspective is the set of values, assumptions and experiences, shaped by culture, that a maker or an audience brings to a drama.
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Text interpretation and given circumstances: WACE Year 12 Drama Unit 3
Define Stage directions
Stage directions are the playwright's written instructions about action, setting, movement and delivery, usually printed in italics or brackets.
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Devising from stimulus: WACE Year 12 Drama Unit 4
Define Stimulus
A stimulus is a starting point chosen to provoke ideas for devised drama.
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The elements of drama: WACE Year 12 Drama Unit 3
Define Dramatic tension
Dramatic tension is the sense of anticipation, pressure or unease that keeps an audience engaged. Without tension a scene feels flat, which is why manipulating it is central to making drama work.
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Physical theatre and contemporary styles: WACE Year 12 Drama Unit 4
Define Ensemble
An ensemble is a group of performers who work as a unified company rather than as individual stars, sharing focus, building images together and supporting one another physically.