TRADITIONAL

TECHNIQUES APPLIED
TO CONTEMPORARY
CREATION
DRAMA

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• a character tells his true desires or
feelings to another character.
• can help the audience as regards to the
secrets and repressed emotions of the
characters, and it can even lead to a
dramatic and emotionally moving result

CONFESSION

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• similar to comedic irony
• occurs when the audience or character
expects one event to happen, but the
opposite happens as a result of a
character trying to prevent that
something from happening.

D R A M AT I C I RO N Y

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• sets the mood of a scene better than any
other technique.

MUSIC

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• done through a voice-over or otherwise
helps explain the multiple dilemmas of a
character, makes the audience laugh or
cry, and directs or shapes the story to
convey certain emotions.

NA R R AT I O N

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• often used as a comedic technique, it
easily catches a character or the
audience off guard.
• it elicits several emotions, including
anger, sadness, and shock.

SURPRISE

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• a cousin of surprise.
• occurs when a character or the audience
is expecting something to happen.
• the anticipation to happen something
can cause some kind of discomfort.

SUSPENSE

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• is a clash between people, values, or

ideas.

CONFLICT

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• is a speech rendered by a character who

thinks aloud rather than speak to any
other character on stage.

SOLILOQUY

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• is a speech done by one character who

speaks to another character on stage.

DIALOGUE

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• is a comment made by a character to the
audience in a way that implies no one on
stage has heard it.

ASIDE

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• is a still picture created on stage.

TA B L E A U

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• the audience knows something that one
or more of the characters in a play does
not know.

T H E AT R I CA L S E C R E T S

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• a group of actors speaks in unison,

usually by commenting on the action of
the play.

CHORUS

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• is a technique by which a character
deliberately appears to be someone else.

DISGUISE

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• is employed by a writer who deliberately
misleads or distracts the audience in its
expectation.

RED HERRING

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