Lesson 9: Dramatized Experience

Dramatic- is something that is stirring, affecting, or moving.

Dramatic entrance- is something that catches and holds attention, and has emotional impacts.

Dramatized Experiences can range from:

• Formal Play/Plays- depict life, character, culture, or a combination of the three. They offer excellent opportunities to portray vividly important ideas about life.

• Pageants- are usually community dramas that are based on local history. An example is a historical pageant that traces the growth of a school.

• Pantomime-is an art of conveying a story through bodily movements. The effects of pantomime to the audience depend on the movements of the actors.

• Tableau- a picture-like scene composed of people against a background

• Role-playing- an unrehearsed, unprepared, and spontaneous dramatization of a situation where assigned participants are absorbed by their own roles.

• Puppets- an inanimate object or representational figure animated or manipulated by an entertainer, who is called a Puppeteer. Puppets can present ideas with extreme simplicity.

Types of Puppets

Shadow puppet- flat, black, silhouette made from lightweight cardboard shown behind a screen.

Rod puppets- flat, cut figures tacked to a stick with one or more movable parts, and are operated below the stage through wires and rods.

Glove-and-finger puppets- make use of gloves which small costumed figures are attached

Marionettes- flexible, jointed puppets operated by strings or wires attached to a cross bar and maneuvered from directly above the stage.