South 고등학교 1학년 Drama

Chapters: 4

1. Expression

Expanding body movement · Expanding voice and speech · Improvisation · Building scenes

Drama: Elements, Stagecraft and Performance – Drama is a story told by actors who become characters and act it out in front of an audience. Every drama has characters who want something, a conflict when those wants clash, a plot that builds tension to a climax and then resolves, dialogue, a setting and a theme. On stage, actors use voice and body, and the production adds lighting, set, costume and sound.
Improvisation: Creating in the Moment, in Music and Drama – Improvisation means creating music or drama on the spot, without a script or written notes. It is not random: you work inside a frame, such as given circumstances in drama or a chord loop and scale in music. Key skills are listening, accepting offers ('Yes, and…'), using a small idea (motif) and answering it, and taking safe risks. Good improvisations can be recorded, refined and turned into a composed piece.

Choosing and adapting scripts · Roles in making theatre · Sustained collaboration · Performing together

Drama: Elements, Stagecraft and Performance – Drama is a story told by actors who become characters and act it out in front of an audience. Every drama has characters who want something, a conflict when those wants clash, a plot that builds tension to a climax and then resolves, dialogue, a setting and a theme. On stage, actors use voice and body, and the production adds lighting, set, costume and sound.
Collaboration and Teamwork – Collaboration means people working together towards one shared goal, sharing ideas, work and credit. Good teams agree a clear goal, split work into roles that fit people's strengths, and communicate through shared channels. The number of communication links grows fast (n(n−1)/2), so teams of about 4–7 often work best. Teams pass through stages: forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning. Disagreement is normal and is solved by listening, ground rules and focusing on the problem. Collaborative critique (praise, question, suggest) improves work, and the same skills apply in design projects, art, writing and online work.

Theatrical elements in daily life · Researching theatre · Value of theatre experience

Drama: Elements, Stagecraft and Performance – Drama is a story told by actors who become characters and act it out in front of an audience. Every drama has characters who want something, a conflict when those wants clash, a plot that builds tension to a climax and then resolves, dialogue, a setting and a theme. On stage, actors use voice and body, and the production adds lighting, set, costume and sound.
History of Theatre: From Greek Festivals to the Black Box – Theatre began in ritual, song and storytelling. In ancient Greece (about 500 BCE) plays were part of religious festivals in open-air theatres with a theatron, orchestra and skene, and with masks and a chorus. Classical Asia built its own forms: Sanskrit drama guided by the Natyashastra and its idea of rasa, Japanese Noh and later Kabuki, Chinese opera. Medieval Europe staged religious plays on wagons; Renaissance Italy had commedia dell'arte; Elizabethan London had round playhouses with thrust stages (Shakespeare). From the 1600s the proscenium arch framed painted scenery, and in the late 1800s realism (Ibsen, Chekhov) brought everyday rooms and the 'fourth wall'. The 1900s added Stanislavski's truthful acting, Brecht's epic theatre, physical and experimental theatre and flexible black-box spaces. The shape of the stage, the society and the audience always shape how plays are written and acted.

Enjoying theatre · Interpreting a performance

Theatre Appreciation – Theatre appreciation means watching a live play with attention, good manners and your own thinking. A good audience arrives on time, switches phones off and stays quiet so everyone can enjoy the show. While watching, notice the story, acting, set, light and sound. Then interpret what the play means, using what you saw as proof, and write a short review that describes, interprets and judges with evidence.