Explorative Strategies

• STILL IMAGE

• THOUGHT TRACKING

• NARRATING

• HOT-SEATING

• ROLE-PLAY

• CROSS-CUTTING

• FORUM THEATRE

• MARKING THE MOMENT

The Drama medium

• THE USE OF COSTUME, MASKS AND/OR MAKEUP

• THE USE OF SOUND AND/OR MUSIC

• THE USE OF LIGHTING

• THE USE OF SPACE AND/OR LEVELS

• THE USE OF SET AND/OR PROPS

• THE USE OF MOVEMENT, MIME AND/OR GESTURE

• THE USE OF VOICE

• THE USE OF SPOKEN LANGUAGE

The elements of drama

• ACTION/ PLOT/ CONTENT

• FORMS

• CLIMAX/ ANTI-CLIMAX

• RHYTHM/ PACE/ TEMPO

• CONTRASTS

• CHARACTERISATION

• CONVENTIONS

• SYMBOLS

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Drama texts

• POETRY

• ARTEFACTS

• MUSIC

• PLAY SCRIPTS

• LIVE THEATRE PRODUCTIONS

• TELEVISION, FILMS AND/OR VIDEO

• NEWSPAPER AND/ OR MAGAZINE ARTICLES

• EXTRACTS FROM LITERARY FICTION AND/OR NON-FICTION

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