Drama and Visual Arts: Unit Review

An issue is a problem or question people disagree about. A theme is a big idea about life the story explores.

Non-fiction.

Example: "I felt torn because both choices hurt someone, and it reminded me of when I had to choose between two friends." Look for all three parts.

A hard choice where each option has good and bad parts.

Inner life.

What the character wants; the reason they act.

Sit on the chair as the canoe seat and use the broom as a paddle with strong, steady strokes; maybe rock gently and look out at the "water."

Example: they stand straighter, speak more carefully or quietly, wait to speak. Relationships change outer life.

A scene that jumps ahead to show what might happen in the future.

Example: "Yes, and the farmer could bring a photo of last spring's flood!"

A new character brings new problems or solutions, so the other characters must respond and the drama moves forward.

Examples: audio: ticking clock or heartbeat; visual: dimmed lights or a flashlight spotlight; technological: a recorded sound effect on a tablet.

A line spoken to the audience that the other characters pretend not to hear.

Creator, performer and audience member.

An effect that works for one audience may be too scary, loud or confusing for another (for example, young children).

Calls the cues for lights, sound and set changes (and organizes rehearsals).

The actor's right (the audience's left).

Shadow puppet theatre from Indonesia: a dalang moves flat leather puppets behind a lit screen and speaks all the voices.

Griots keep and share family histories and the history of their people, showing that the community values memory, family and history.

Put the lines closer together or add layers of cross-hatching.

A quick drawing (about 30 seconds to 2 minutes) that captures the action of a body.

Examples: the direction someone points or looks; footprints in the snow; a line of geese.

Highlight, light side, shadow side, cast shadow.

To the right.

Paler, blurrier, less detailed, often bluish or greyish.

A smooth change from light to dark.

Violet (purple).

Its intensity goes down: it becomes duller (neutralized).

Complements side by side make each other look brighter, so the focal point stands out.

About 7½ to 8 heads.

24 ÷ 8 = 3 cm.

About halfway down the head.

To show importance, a feeling (like feeling small), humour, or to create a focal point.

T.

The space around or between objects, like the sky between tree branches.

Recycling.

So the message can be read from far away and catches attention.

First reaction, describe, analyse, interpret, my point of view.

Dyed porcupine quills worked into birchbark, often in geometric designs; a living Mi'kmaw tradition.

Any one: Who made it and why? Who is it for? What does it want me to think, feel or do? What is left out?