Chapter 13: The Playwright
 Elements of Drama: (Aristotle)
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Thought/Theme
Plot
Action
Diction
Sound
Spectacle
Chapter 13: The Playwright
 Elements of Scenario
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Exposition
Inciting Incident
Rising Action
Crisis
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
Chapter 14: Director/Producer
 Director: the person who will lead the cast and put the
show together
 Duties: select the play, set the dates, develops an artistic
vision, study the play, assembles a production team, conduct
auditions, cast the show, set schedules, assemble the
prompt book, conduct rehearsals
 Producer: the person who finds investors for the show
 Duties: get permission to do the show, find an audience,
promote the show, create the program, help the director
Chapter 15: The Cast
 “Casting call”
 “Cold reading”
 “Callbacks”
 “Double cast”
 “Off-book”
 “Spiking”
 “Understudy”
Chapter 16: Blocking
 Define “blocking”- planning of the movement and
arrangements of the actors within scenes and from one
scene to the next
 “Ground plan”- a floor plan of important set pieces drawn
to scale
 Stage areas- areas 1-6 have different strengths
 1- climactic scenes, 2- dignified scenes, 3-love scenes
 4-scenesthat build tension, 5-eavesdropping/foreshadowing,
 6-horror/unrealistic scenes
Stage Areas
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audience