ELEMENTS
Elements include: Role, Time, Place, Mood, Symbol, Tension, Focus, Contrast, Action
TECHNIQUES
Think back to the performance you watched. Can you think of examples of each of these theatre techniques being used? What effect did they have on the story?
CONVENTIONS
Think back to the performance you watched. Can you think of any examples of these theatre conventions being used? What effect did they have on the story?
Structural Conventions: Still image, flashback, narration, diagrams/maps, spoken thoughts, mime, soundscape.
Theatre Conventions: Actor Audience relationships, exits and entrances, theatre technologies.
Textual Conventions: Inner monologue, dialogue, stage directions.
TECHNOLOGIES
Think about which of these technologies have been used and their effect (how they enhance the story being told)?
Sound, lighting, set, costume, props/ physical objects, stage design, special effects, make-up.
- Where and when in time is I Ain't Mad At Cha set? Is it specified? Does the play have a time frame over which the events take place?
- What techniques are used to connect each scene to the next?
- Is the story linear? Does time move forward or backward from each scene to the next? How can you tell?
- Which scene did you think had the most tension? Why?
- Think of two points of contrast in the play. How was contrast created?
Elements include: Role, Time, Place, Mood, Symbol, Tension, Focus, Contrast, Action
TECHNIQUES
Think back to the performance you watched. Can you think of examples of each of these theatre techniques being used? What effect did they have on the story?
- Voice
- Body
- Movement
- Space
CONVENTIONS
Think back to the performance you watched. Can you think of any examples of these theatre conventions being used? What effect did they have on the story?
Structural Conventions: Still image, flashback, narration, diagrams/maps, spoken thoughts, mime, soundscape.
Theatre Conventions: Actor Audience relationships, exits and entrances, theatre technologies.
Textual Conventions: Inner monologue, dialogue, stage directions.
TECHNOLOGIES
Think about which of these technologies have been used and their effect (how they enhance the story being told)?
Sound, lighting, set, costume, props/ physical objects, stage design, special effects, make-up.