Drama and Terms

stage lighting - intentional light qualities including

intensity, color, and direction; intentional

functions including selective visibility,

revelation of form, composition, focus, mood,

location and time of day, projection/stage

elements, and advance plot (script)

Stage lighting has multiple functions, including:

Focus: Directing the audience's attention to an area of the

stage or distracting them from another.

Mood: Setting the tone of a scene. Harsh red light has

a different effect than soft lavender light.

Location and time of day: Establishing or altering position in

time and space. Blues can suggest night time while orange and

red can suggest a sunrise or sunset.

Stage Lighting

Example:

(Spotlight full. Birds singing. People are

walking around the town.)

Camera Angle• angle at which a camera is pointed at the

subject(s) (low and high) that can greatly influence audience's interpretation of what is happening on the screen

• Low = a camera angle positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eyeline, looking up

• High = camera angle is located above the eyeline. With this type of angle, the camera looks down on the subject

Look at the following images and determine the

camera angle that is shown:

12.

34.

Camera Shot

• manner in which camera creates audience

perceptions

(point of view - shows scene from specific point

of view of one of the characters; bridging shot -

represents a jump in time or place or other

discontinuity, such as newspaper headlines or

seasonal changes)

Watch the following clips from “Up” to answer questions about point of view.

1. 2.

Watch the following clips below: How is a bridging shot being used?

Lion King Twilight

Dramatic Dialogue

• specific, purposeful dialogue designed to

convey critical information, highlight crucial

moments, build suspense, and move the plot

forward

Dramatic Dialogue

Finding Nemo Frozen

Dramatic Monologue

• monologue technique, usually

in verse composition, where

speaker reveals his or her

character, often in relation to a

critical situation or event

addressed to reader/ presumed

listener

Dramatic Monologue

Remember the Titans Ratatouille

Camera Focus

• sharpness of an image; range of distances from

camera - deep, shallow, in, out: device

whereby image gradually comes into clarity or

goes out of clarity

Camera Focus

Camera Lighting

• main light on subject usually placed at a 45-

degree angle to camera-subject axis; high key

lighting, key light provides all or most of the

light in the scene; low key lighting, the key

light provides much less of the total

illumination