Character: The representing of a 3D human being with a

particular personality, Characteristics and background.

Role: The presenting of a POV, and identifying with a set of
values and attitudes.
Status: A Characters position and standing, weighty or
otherwise, within any grouping of people.
Conflict: Characters are in conflict when they have opposing
purposes or objectives within the drama.
Dramatic Tension:
Dialogue and dramatic interaction
Movement
Denouncement of scene
Masks, props, symbols

The problems faced by the character: their relationships, the

creation of surprise, the unfolding of mystery
Focus:
Concentration
Physical presence
On content
On style
Visual or verbal focus
Audience focus
On other performers
On the space

The performers focus in creating concentration and belief. The

audiences focus is on the dramatic situation.
Place: The setting of the dramatic action.
Time:
Ways of conveying time.
Shifts in time- rewind, fast fwd, past, future

The period in which the dramatic action takes place.

 Situation: The circumstances the characters are in.
Space:
Spatial dynamics
Definition of space
Spatial relationships between performers

The stage area, the spatial design of the set and the
arrangement of the physical elements of performance.
 Language: The verbal and non verbal forms in which
the dramatic action is conveyed.
 Moment: The control and manipulation of key moments in the
dramatic action.

Sound:
To enhance dramatic action
Creating mood and atmosphere

The oral devices to enhance performance.

Rhythm:
Pace and tempo
Sound and movement
Timing

The manipulation of timing through pace and tempo.

 Structure: The framework through which the content of

the drama is presented.
 Symbols:
Colour
Objects, Shapes
Language
Characters

The visual imagery of language, movement, gesture, objects and

staging used to reinforce meaning.
Atmosphere:
Created by emotion
Heightened atmosphere

The feeling or mood created by, and emerging through, the dramatic
action.

 Dramatic meaning: The sum total of what is

communicated between the performers and the audience.

 Audience engagement: The ultimate purpose of

all the elements of drama.