This folder is the working vocabulary of the course — the ideas we name so we can use them on purpose. Nothing here is tested with a quiz. Instead, these words show up in feedback, in Drama Journal prompts, and in the success criteria on every task page — which is where How Marks Work says your mark comes from, so it pays to know them cold.
Read a page when its word comes up in class, then come back after you have performed something and read it again. It will say more the second time.
The elements — what every scene is made of:
- The Elements of Drama — the five-word toolkit, all in one place
- Role and Character — who you are pretending to be, and how deeply
- Tension — the reason an audience keeps watching
- Focus and Emphasis — deciding where the audience looks
- Status — the invisible ladder in every conversation
- Subtext — the line under the line; what is meant but never said
The performer’s instruments — what you control from the neck up and down:
- Voice — volume, pitch, pace, pause, tone, accent
- Movement and Gesture — what your body says before you speak
The stage and the audience — what the room itself contributes:
- Blocking and Stage Areas — where bodies stand, and why that is meaning
- The Fourth Wall — the invisible wall, and what breaking it does
How work gets made:
- The Creative Process — the cycle every piece in this course follows
- Ensemble — what makes a group more than a list of its members