Dramatic Elements

2. Timing and pace of the drama.
4. Feeling or tone of a performance.
5. Useful in creating atmosphere or mood.
9. Aids the development of suspense in a performance.
11. The connections and interactions between people that affect the dramatic action.
12. Verbal, vocal or non-verbal.

1. Implies a greater meaning than the literal suggestion.
2. The identification and portrayal of a person's values, attitudes, intentions and actions as imagined.
3. Can be manipulated to create contrast in a scene or simply to demonstrate robotic, stylised and non-naturalistic movements.
6. A signified, intended purpose or effect interpreted from the communication of expressive dramatic action.
7. Assist the performer in the portrayal of believable characters.
8. The established mood or feeling conveyed in an artwork or performance.
10. The setting and circumstances of the dramatic action - the who, what, where, when and what is at stake of the roles/characters.