Creative Writing: Drama Lecture Notes PDF

 CONTENT PERFORMANCE MELC (QUARTER 2/4 ) CODE DURATION STANDARD STANDARD The learners have The learners shall 1. Understand intertextuality as...

 CONTENT PERFORMANCE MELC (QUARTER 2/4 ) CODE DURATION STANDARD STANDARD The learners have The learners shall 1. Understand intertextuality as a HUMSS_CW an understanding of be able to compose at /MPIj-IIc-16 technique of drama drama as a least one scene genre and are able for a one-act play to analyze its that can be staged. 2. Conceptualize a character/ setting/ HUMSS_CW /MPIj-IIc-17 elements and plot for a one-act play techniques. 3. Explore different staging modalities HUMSS_CW /MPIjc-18 vis-à-vis envisioning the script 4. Write at least one scene for one-act HUMSS_CW /MPIj-IIc-20 play applying the various elements, techniques, and literary devices  Most Essential Content Standard Performance Standard Learning Competency (Q4 MELC 1) 1. Identify the various The learners understand drama as a a. The learners shall be able to compose elements, techniques, genre and are able to analyze its at least one scene for a one-act play and literary devices in elements and techniques. drama that can be staged. (HUMSS_CW/MPIj-IIc- b. The learners perform their drama 15) with applying intertextuality 1. Explore innovative techniques in writing a scene for one-act play 2. Apply intertextuality technique in writing the scene for a one-act play script 3. Perform the drama as performance task with rubrics  A. ELEMENTS OF DRAMA: LITERARY, TECHNICAL & PERFORMANCE ELEMENTS B. TYPES OF DRAMA C. TECHNIQUE OF DRAMA: INTERTEXTUALITY REVIEW A drama, or play, is a piece of writing that is PERFORMED on stage almost exclusively through dialogue. It mirrors the life, customs, manner and general living of people. REVIEW 6 ELEMENTS OF DRAMA According to Aristotle PLOT CHARACTER LANGUAGE DIALOGUE & DICTION WHAT WHO HOW The arrangement of events or incidents on the stage. The agents of the plot. They provide The dialogue is a tactic characters utilize to achieve motivations (reasons) for the events of the their opposing objectives. The main action, which is described through the plot. character’s objectives or his/her GOALS. How characters express themselves in heightened language. Example of characters goal: A milieu conflict. Romeo The protagonist and their relationship to the and Juliet’s goal is to escape to a new place and live a other characters and to the world they inhabit. Dramatic dialogue consists of two parts: Narrative happy life together. and Dramatic. THEME/ THOUGHT RHYTHM: MUSIC/SONG SPECTACLE WHY Rhythm of speech or the use of literal music to drive WHERE and WHEN (Setting) the narrative forward or delineate character and The reason why the playwright wrote the play. emotion. It reveals urgency, mood, culture, etc. Everything that is seen or heard on stage. A recurring idea that’s present throughout the work. The heart of the play. The plot, character, language, Actors, sets, costumes, lights and sound. and spectacle all have their individual rhythms. It is a wider level than the story itself. E.g. Love, loss, All plays have spectacle. injustice, etc. REVIEW The ELEMENTS OF DRAMA CATEGORIZED LITERARY ELEMENTS TECHNICAL ELEMENTS PERFORMANCE ELEMENTS What’s in the manuscript? What’s on stage? What and who’s performing? 1. PLOT (story line and 1. Set or scenery 1. Acting organization) 2. Costumes 2. Character motivation 2. THEME 3. Props 3. Character analysis 3. CHARACTER 4. Lights 4. Empathy 4. LANGUAGE/DICTION: 5. Sound effects 5. NONVERBAL EXPRESSION DIALOGUE/MONOLOGUE 6. Make up 6. VOCAL EXPRESSION/ 5. CONFLICT STYLE 6. SETTING MODERN THEATRE: 7. CONVENTION 8. GENRE 9.AUDIENCE REVIEW TYPES OF DRAMA COMEDY TRAGEDY MELODRAMA It is dramatic and amusing at It depicts sadness, human suffering, It is an exaggerated genre of the same time. In most comedy and misfortunes. Its most common drama. It utilizes music to draw drama, the ending results in a plot is when a protagonist dies. emotion and appeal to the feelings happy and successful E.g. Shakespeare’s “Romeo and of the audience. conclusion. Juliet” MUSICAL DRAMA HISTORICAL DRAMA FANTASY It takes advantage of the music. It attempts to relive a famous It showcases magic, pseudo- Instead of pure dialogue and historical event that made a mark in science, horror and others that acting, musical drama makes the world. It can also be based on only exist in the human mind. It is use of dancing and singing to stories of famous people in history. famous among children and tell a story. individuals who are young at heart. In most cases it utilizes a lot of special effects. REVIEW TECHNIQUE OF DRAMA: INTERTEXTUALITY DEFINITION A discourse strategy coined by a literary critic JULIA KRISTEVA in 1960. It is a relationship, connection, influence, and inspiration of a text to another. A technique, when Literary pieces are inspired or influenced by previous writings even the contemporary ones. Appreciation and recognition of intertextuality in texts depends on the readers context. TYPES OBLIGATORY/ DELIBERATE OPTIONAL ACCIDENTAL When a writer intentionally invoke a The connection of texts may or not be When a reader finds some comparison or an association in recognized by the reader, and this has connections between the hypertext his/her work (again, the hypertext) no big significance in the understanding and some other texts that the writer with one another or more other texts of the hypertext. had no intention of making as an (the hypotext) To pay homage or reward the hypotext. intertextual reference. TYPES OF OBLIGATORY INTERTEXTUALITY ALLUSION PASTICHE PARODY Referencing to, quoting Recreation of Style, mixes styles (mostly Imitating to entertain Famous texts using Pop culture as hypotext) REVIEW 1. ALLUSION= 2. PASTICHE= 3. PARODY = Referencing to, quoting Recreation of Style, mixes Imitating to entertain Famous literature styles (mostly Pop culture)  "Good poets borrow, great poets steal" - T.S. Eliot Figures at the Seaside (1931) "Good artists copy, great artists steal." - Picasso Weeping Woman (1937) "I steal from every movie ever made." Quentin Tarantino Quentin Tarantino (American Filmmaker) Drama is written and performed with the aim of mirroring life and satisfying its various audiences. Hence, INTERTEXTUALITY or the shaping, influencing, connecting, borrowing, quoting, alluding, referencing, imitating, accidentally and intentional reusing text will always be the best TECHNIQUE in order to: 1. to gain greater audience satisfaction/ familiarity 2. understand the text’s meaning better, and 3. appreciate and honor prior art or text across different cultures and period. Moreover, writers (poets, playwright) can use other writers’ writings as a base for their works for as long as they take the work to a new place, and introduces it to a new audience. REVIEW INTERTEXTUA LITY PURPOSE / IMPORTANCE 1. The references used to 3. Appreciation to art and 6. Audiences are engaged reveal the writer’s literatures of the past (hypotext) with a broader connection intention, when done to different cultures (pop right can help the 4.The connection and familiarity culture). reader understand the brought by intertextuality add text better and invite bonus entertainment and 7. The explicitness and new interpretation. satisfaction to the audience. implicitness of intertextuality improves 2. It will lead to richer 5. The idea of borrowing allows audience understanding reading experience ease in composing new art or text that every text is related, most especially to beginning connected, or influenced by writers. each other.  DRAMA ANHS-SHS-HUMSS-ODL-S.Y.2021-2022-SECOND SEMESTER EXPANDED LIMITED FACE-TO-FACE & MODULAR MODALITY THE MARIELL EUNICE A. CONDE Subject Teacher FINAL ACT (A scene of a one-act play) DEVELOPMENT One act plays are stories which are complete but are told in less than an hour and usually take place in a single scene (Contributor, 2019). Analogy: A standard three-scene one-act would be like three scenes in the same setting, all around 10 minutes long. DEVELOPMENT 1. It is a component of an act and only a portion of the whole play. 2. It is a depiction of a single event in which something changes. 3. It is set in one time and one place and It can stand alone. 4. A scene can be a very short as short as a single sentence or very long. 5. It may refer to actual action that occur in single setting and a specific time in a play. The scene commences as the actor enters the stage which signal the start of the action and it will end when the actor left or go out of the stage and provided the signal to end the action. DEVELOPMENT Oftentimes, the dialogue and action signal the flow of the story from one scene to the other and from one action to the other the plot of the story is completed. Each scene may be delivered and finished in a couple of minutes long which will depend on the dialogue and action. A scene also refers to the scenery or fixtures placed on the stage to provide the atmosphere and environment of a particular scene or piece of action. The scene, as a fixture, reinforces the action and gives it depth and a realistic context. (Celine 2017). DEVELOPMENT It should propel or advance the story’s plot and/or character forward 1. What are the goals of my character/s in the scene, and in the story overall? Ex. One of the characters just wanted to have an enjoyable day, then all of a sudden.. 2. What happens in the scene that changes the story and moves it forward? DEVELOPMENT 1. Select a subject or theme to cover the story’s big picture 2. Conceptualize or sketch the characters 3. The plot should be structured simply 4. Decide on the setting and the context of the story 5. Write the dialogue 6. Insert or use literary devices such as intertextuality 5. Write stage directions or prompts after writing the dialogue DEVELOPMENT CALL ME FLORY Written by a Filipino Playwright: Wilfredo Ma. Guerrero Summary: The play is about a woman, Florencia Aragon de Caracoles “Flory” who does not know how to look back from where she started. She become rich when she married a man who makes money from collaborating with the Japanese. She turned out to be boastful and arrogant. One time, she was invited by a socialite-Matilde to join a charity program for the people of Sapang Palay (the place where she used to live). With the opportunity to meet well-known rich personalities, she agreed to join and even bet that she will buy as many tickets as possible only if she will be introduced to the first lady. But it’s her secret of intentionally forgetting her past poor life that put her in trouble in the end. REVIEW INTERTEXTUALITY PURPOSE / IMPORTANCE 1. The references used to 3. Appreciation to art and 6. Audiences are engaged reveal the writer’s literatures of the past (hypotext) with a broader connection intention, when done to different cultures (pop right can help the 4.The connection and familiarity culture). reader understand the brought by intertextuality add text better and invite bonus entertainment and 7. The explicitness and new interpretation. satisfaction to the audience. implicitness of intertextuality improves 2. It will lead to richer 5. The idea of borrowing allows audience understanding reading experience ease in composing new art or text that every text is related, most especially to beginning connected, or influenced by writers. each other.