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34 Cards in this Set
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CONFLICT OF OBJECTIVES
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Characters opposing goals
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REVERSAL
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Change in fortune
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MODERN TECHNIQUE
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Background story still apears at the beginning - broken into smaller pieces among several characters (below stairs or cup of tea)
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TIME OF ACTION
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Time in which the play occurs
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RETROSPECTIVE METHOD
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Action moves forward while past unfolds backwards
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GIVEN CIRCUMSTANCES
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Combination of past and present situation in which the action of the play occurs
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MINIMALIST TECHNIQUE
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(Absurdist - 1940's)
Limited quantity of background story disclosed in hints rather than frank narration. (Albee, Beckett, Parks) |
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STANISLAVSKI'S GUIDELINES FOR DICOVERING OBJECTIVES
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* Come from the character's goals
* Be directed at other characters * Describes the inner life of the character * Relate to the play's main idea * Framed in an active verb |
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INCITING ACTION
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Single event that starts (or sparks) the main action of the entire play
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OBJECTIVE
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Goals; Basic desire or plan of action, part of the soul of the character
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OBLIGATORY SCENE
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Open confrontation about the play's main conflict (Not found in all plays)
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INTERNAL ACTION
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* Assertions
* Accusations * Plans * Commands |
AAPC
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ACTIONS
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Tactics described with active verbs characters use to achieve their goals
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"Are you threatening me with Dramatic Action?"
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THROUGH-LINE
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Ties all the character's secondary objectives together under the control of the main objective.
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String of pearls...
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RISING ACTION
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All events pre-climax.
Made up of complications and obstacles. |
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TIME OF COMPOSITION
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When the play was written.
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POINT OF ATTACK
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When the play's main action/on stage action begins.
Late = Short dramatic time Early = Long dramatic time |
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BEAT
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Introduces, develops, and concludes a single small event or topic. Beginning, middle, and end of an objective.
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small!
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RECOGNITION
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Change from ignorance to knowledge.
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CRISES
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Points in the action when tension reaches a peak and a change in the course of events becomes necessary.
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FALLING ACTION - DENOUEMENT
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Resolution, all events following the major climax.
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SPECIFIC LOCALE
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Setting (like the Younger apartment)
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CLIMAX
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Peak of emotional intensity in the play. Two psychological activities that unfold simultaneously in performance: Recognition/Reversal
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OBSTACLE
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Planned behavior encounters difficulties as it tries to reach its goals.
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DRAMATIC TIME
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Time that passes during the action of the play. (Hours, Days, Years)
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GEOGRAPHICAL LOCALE
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Country, region, district. Emotional associations evoked by geography - contrivute to the overall effect of the play.
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HISTORICAL TECHNIQUE
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Pre-19th Century. The background story is revealed early in long, rhetorical speeches. Elizabethan - Shakespeare.
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PHYSICAL/EXTRENAL ACTION
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Entrances, Exits, Blocking, Props
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CONFLICT OF ROLE
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Characters opposing views of each other.
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COMPLICATION
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Common points of disagreement shared by at leadt 2 characters.
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Com
Com |
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COMPLEX PLOT
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Contains a recognition & reversal
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Contains R &R
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ACT
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Whent he audience is left with the impression that something important is about to happen.
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SCENE
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Shaped dramatically like a plan. Begins, develops, and concludes a single large event.
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LARGE.
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PLAYABLE DRAMATIC VALUES
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Anything that energizes actors, directors, and designers in their work.
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