Drama Glossary- key terms

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What is motivation in terms of characterisation?
Why a character does something
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What is style in terms of characterisation?
The act of changing voice, body language, movement, and gesture when in role
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What is Subtext in terms of characterisation?
underlying message conveyed within a peice of dialogue
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What is condition in terms of costume?
appearance, and quality of an item of costume
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What is fabric?
what material a costume is made out of
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what is fit in terms of costume
  • how tight or loose a peice of clothing is
  • how good looking a lad is
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what is prosthetics?
fake body parts
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what is a silhouette?
the shape that something creates
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what is style in terms of costume?
the period that the outfit is based on , eg. 1900s, or how you pair it with other pieces of clothing
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what is backlight?
light that comes from the back of the stage
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what is a blackout?
all the lights go fully out, the stage is black
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what is crossfade?
one light gradually fades whilst another gradually goes gets brighter.
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what is Direction and angle in terms of lighting?
position of the lights
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what is focus in terms of lighting?
what the light is focused on
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what is a followspot in terms of lighting?
spot of light that follows the actor around onstage
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what is a floodlight?
an artificial light directed to give a comparitively uniform illumination over a rather large given area
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what are floor lights?
lights that come from the floor
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what is intensity?
how harsh / bright the light is
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