JSS 1 Cultural and Creative Arts Flashcards: Meaning, Categories, Forms and Personnel of Drama

Question 1

What is drama?

Accepted Answer

The presentation of human actions or experiences through performance.

Question 2

What is scripted drama?

Accepted Answer

Drama performed from a written text containing dialogue and stage directions.

Question 3

What is non-scripted drama?

Accepted Answer

Drama developed without a fixed written script, often through improvisation.

Question 4

What is improvisation in drama?

Accepted Answer

Creating dialogue or action spontaneously within a dramatic situation.

Question 5

What is comedy?

Accepted Answer

Drama intended mainly to amuse and often ending happily.

Question 6

What is tragedy?

Accepted Answer

Serious drama involving suffering, conflict or the downfall of a central character.

Question 7

What is farce?

Accepted Answer

Comedy using exaggerated, unlikely situations and physical humour.

Question 8

What is melodrama?

Accepted Answer

Drama with heightened emotion and strongly contrasted heroes and villains.

Question 9

What is static drama?

Accepted Answer

Drama with little change or development in characters or situation.

Question 10

Who is an actor?

Accepted Answer

A performer who represents a character in a drama.

Question 11

What is the director’s main responsibility?

Accepted Answer

Guiding the overall interpretation and coordinating the performance.

Question 12

What does a playwright do?

Accepted Answer

Writes the dramatic script.

Question 13

What does a stage manager do?

Accepted Answer

Coordinates backstage activities and performance cues.

Question 14

What is the function of a costume designer?

Accepted Answer

Planning clothing that suits the characters, setting and period.

Question 15

What is the function of a set designer?

Accepted Answer

Planning the physical environment seen on stage.

Question 16

What are props in drama?

Accepted Answer

Objects handled or used by performers during a scene.

Question 17

Why are rehearsals necessary?

Accepted Answer

They allow performers and crew to practise, correct problems and coordinate timing.

Question 18

An actor forgets a line during unscripted rehearsal but continues appropriately. Which skill is being used?

Accepted Answer

improvisation

Question 19

Which is NOT drama personnel: actor, director, stage manager or paintbrush?

Accepted Answer

paintbrush

Question 20

Why must actors project their voices?

Accepted Answer

So the audience can hear the dialogue clearly.

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