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Elements and
techniques of
drama
Elements of drama
Literary Elements
Technical Elements
Performance Elements
 DRAMA
● DRAN
● To Act or To Do
● A prose composition
● A story
● Intended to be Act on Stage before
an Audience
 Literary Elements
LANGUAGE
STYLE
SCRIPT
THE 3 TYPES OF DIALOGUE
LANGUAGE
VERBAL EXPRESSIONS
 DICTION
.

 CHOICE of WORDS
STYLE/STYLIZATION
refers to the shaping of the story,
the setting, the theme, the
costumes.
 SCRIPT
 Script comes from the Latin
word “scribere”
 A written version of a play or
movie.
 DIALOGUE
Shows a character speaking
Interact and communicate
EXAMPLES
THE 3 TYPES OF DIALOGUE

 COMMON DIALOGUE

 MONOLOGUE
 SOLILOQUY
 COMMON DIALOGUE
 Two (2) or more characters
talk in a scene
 Simply a conversation
EXAMPLES
 MONOLOGUE

 “mono”-ONE and “logue”- SPEAK

 There’s only one character is

speaking
 SOLILOQUY
When one person is speaking
his/her thoughts out loud for the
audience
 Technical Elements

 SET/SCENERY  LIGHTS
 COSTUMES  SOUND
 MAKE- UP
 PROPS (PROPERTIES) )
SET/SCENERY LIGHTS
COSTUMES MAKE- UP
PROPS (PROPERTIES) )
 Performance Elements

 ACTING AND SPEAKING

 NON VERBAL EXPRESSIONS

 ACTING AND SPEAKING

The use of the body and

voice to portray the
characters
NONVERBAL EXPRESSIONS

 DO NOT NEED VOICING

OUT DIALOGUES
TECHNIQUES
OF
DRAMA
BODY MOVEMENTS
SPACE
VOICE
BODY MOVEMENTS
 POSTURE
 GESTURE
 EYE CONTACT
 FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
SPACE
 VOICE
 VOCAL DYNAMICS
 VOLUME
 PITCH
 PAUSING
 INTONATION
 PACE AND ACCENT
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