Details Title: Dramatic Structure Midterm Description: Midterm for SUNY Purchase Dramatic Structure midterm Total Flash Cards: 39 Created: 10/20/2008 15:52:33		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Film, Theatre & Television Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Dramatization/"The Action" Definition What's shown- more important than what's talked about Term Exposition Definition What's revealed only in dialogue- more important than what's talked about Term Statements Definition Opinions for which the action is an illustration Term Actions/objectives Definition What characters want Term Turning points Definition EVENTS which make the actions change Term Linearity Definition Cause and effect Term Multiple plots Definition each plot has its own actions and turning points- what do the plots have in common Term The ending Definition the most important part of any script Term Climaxes Definition Emotional high points Term The Beginning Definition What does it tell you? Term The world of the play Definition Every play has its own society, morality, psychology, and aesthetic reality. Term Long speeches Definition What are they about? Term Themes Definition Ideas running through the play- in scenes not necessary to the story of the play Term Motifs Definition Includes recurrent images- anything repeated, but is not part of the story of the play Term Sequence Definition How the order of information is revealed affecting the meaning of things Term Juxtapositions Definition Compare scenes, images, events, any two things that follow each other Term Analogues Definition Similar situations, relationships or characters Term Foils Definition Contrast with another character- differences embody themes Term Raisonneurs Definition Function is to speak common sense wisdom Term Reflectors Definition Function is to give perspectives- on other characters or ideas, events Term Subtext Definition What characters are thinking as opposed to saying Term The Title Definition What does it tell you? Assume it's not random Term Expressionism Definition Distortion to show subjective feelings Term Dramatic irony Definition Irony resulting from the audience knowing more than the characters Term Dramatic conflict Definition When an action hits an obstacle, when a character wants something but can't get it Term Linear form Definition Term Classical form Definition a main character pursues a goal to an outcome Term Episodic form Definition episodes are chronological but not casually connected; each episode is self-contained Term Classical Archplot Definition Inciting incident- event that causes the main character to take action Progressive complications- events that prevent the main character from achieving his/her goal The crisis- most important decision in the play, reveals character The story climax- final, decisive confrontation The resolution- outcome event resulting from the climax Term Character Definition True nature, doesn't change, is revealed, collection of potentials: what a character would or would not do in given circumstances Term Character arc Definition The change in perspective undergone by the character Term Genre Definition Type of play based on desired audience reaction Term Tragedy Definition serious, arouses pity and fear, downfall of a protagonist is result of his/her own actions, triumph of a larger cosmic order Term Drama Definition serious, arouses pity and fear, three dimensional character, characters more important than plot Term Melodrama Definition characters less 3-D, clearly defined villains and heroes, situations arouse pity and fear Term Subgenres of melodrama Definition Action/adventure, Mystery, westerns, sci-fi, horror, crime, tearjerkers, soap operas Term Comedy Definition light in tone, less serious, happy endings, intended to amuse Term Subgenres of comedy Definition romances, satire, tragicomedy, black comedy Term Farce Definition unserious, 2-D characters, plot dominates character, situations are ludicrous, spoofs