THTR-T 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dramatic Structure, Causal Structure, Dramatization
1 Nov 2017
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What is a play? a blueprint for theatrical production; includes dialogue and stage. Plot : the structure of the events of a play; drama is action. Story : can happen over any time, the overall: plot : everything that is covered in the play. : the point in the story where the playwright begins to dramatize the action. : plays are centered around conflict (between characters, society, emotions, etc. ), events of the play unfold the conflict. Direct conflict : problem at hand (ex. romeo and juliet"s love) Indirect conflict : problem of larger story (ex. capulet and montague feud) Exposition inciting incident rising action climax falling action. Exposition : set up of play, conveyed through dialogue or action, include. Resolution (not common) info on setting/characters/prior events. Inciting incident : when the ordered world becomes chaotic, conflict is defined. Rising action : continuing complications, building emotional intensity, Climax : emotional highpoint of action, characters make decision that will.
