Script Analysis Midterm

Question 1

Script Anaylsis helps who?

Answer 1

Actors,Designers and Directors

Question 2

What is Aristotles poetics?

Answer 2

First Dramatics. What makes theater good.

Question 3

What are parts of Aristotles Poetics?

Answer 3

Plot, Characters, Theme, Music, Spectacle and diction

Question 4

What is Formalist Analysis?

Answer 4

Series of closed readings for inner workings of plays. Looking into given circumstances, internal/external and different parts of a play

Question 5

What is Action Analysis?

Answer 5

First Impression before diving deeper. Analyzes internal and external actions based on events. Intro into formalist Analysis. Looking at climaxes and characters. Serves as a guide

Question 6

What is a point of attack?

Answer 6

Where the play starts in relation to the background story. Plot Starts. Ex: The death of king hamlet.

Question 7

What is a primary event?

Answer 7

gives circumstance of the play

Question 8

What is exposition?

Answer 8

The backstory or intro to characters and setting.

Question 9

What is the inciting incident?

Answer 9

Changes the direction of the play and sets up the conflict that will present itself in the climax.

Question 10

What is a climax?

Answer 10

The turning point of the story that changes everything.

Question 11

What is the falling action?

Answer 11

Events after the climax

Question 12

What is the resolution?

Answer 12

When all problems are resolved

Question 13

What are the steps in Action Analysis?

Answer 13

Chain of external events, review the facts, find the seed, chain of internal events, 3 major climaxes, theme, super objective, through action, counter through action.

Question 14

What is a event?

Answer 14

Something that affects all characters and causes change.

Question 15

What is a seed?

Answer 15

One word of the play’s reflection.

Question 16

How does chain of events help action analysis?

Answer 16

It reframes the internal events by giving meaning

Question 17

How does theme work in action analysis?

Answer 17

Serves as the plays perspective of the seed

Question 18

What is a through action?

Answer 18

What the protagonist is doing to the antagonist

Question 19

What is a counter through action?

Answer 19

What is the antagonist is doing to the protagonist

Question 20

What are given circumstances?

Answer 20

Conditions the play was written in such as time,place and society. Its different from the background story because it is in the world of the play.

Question 21

What are some techniques to delivering background story?

Answer 21

Historical,modern and minimalist

Question 22

What is historical technique?

Answer 22

Info given all at once such as a prologue

Question 23

What is modern technique?

Answer 23

Info given through dialogue and is woven in. Sometimes shown in the beginning.

Question 24

What is minimalist technique?

Answer 24

Some info is given but only when its needed. Less context.

Question 25

What is external actions?

Answer 25

Info needed to put on the play

Question 26

What are some examples of external actions

Answer 26

Entrances/Exits, Blocking and Special Activities

Question 27

What is internal actions?

Answer 27

How the play is able to move forwards

Question 28

What are some examples of internal actions?

Answer 28

Commands, Plans and Assertions

Question 29

What are commands in internal actions?

Answer 29

They need an outcome

Question 30

What are plans in internal actions?

Answer 30

Refers to something to do something required for an outcome.

Question 31

What are assertions in internal actions?

Answer 31

they produce change and make a statement. I AM…

Question 32

What is progression?

Answer 32

A piece of dramatic action to show how the play moves forward

Question 33

What is in progression?

Answer 33

Beats, units, scenes, French scenes, acts and play.

Question 34

What is a beat?

Answer 34

Smallest piece of dramatic action describing beginning middle and end.

Question 35

What is a unit?

Answer 35

Collection of beats that make up a general topic

Question 36

what is a scene?

Answer 36

A collection of units

Question 37

What is a French scene?

Answer 37

Action done by entrances and exits with a different arrangement of characters

Question 38

What is a play?

Answer 38

Collection of acts

Question 39

What is structure in plays?

Answer 39

Arrangement of events on stage to tell a story

Question 40

What are examples of Structure in plays?

Answer 40

Linear, Nonlinear and circular

Question 41

What is linear structure?

Answer 41

Events happen in order, beginning middle and end. Everything reacts to the previous thing, cause and effect

Question 42

What is nonlinear structure?

Answer 42

Not happening in order, could be episodic, not connected through cause and effect

Question 43

What is a circular structure?

Answer 43

The play repeats and ends on itself. Infinite

Question 44

What is a character?

Answer 44

Not a person in a play but rather a habitual pattern of action.

Question 45

What’s character’s objective?

Answer 45

The character wants

Question 46

What is a super objective?

Answer 46

The characters overall goal?

Question 47

What is conflict?

Answer 47

Two opposing objective clashing such as obstacles and complications

Question 48

What is character based conflicts?

Answer 48

Internal/External of a character