Across
- 1. One of the stock characters in melodrama, usually needs to be saved by the hero character.
- 4. A specific performance skill used by actors to show their characters emotions using their face.
- 6. One of the stock characters, this character usually saves the day.
- 8. A genre of theatre that is over the top and exaggerated.
- 9. Scare A technique used in the horror genre that is intended to suddenly scare or frighten the audience.
- 11. The type or category of the performance.
- 12. One of the stock characters, usually evil or wicked and disliked by the audience.
- 13. The mood or tone created by a performance
- 14. Used when performing in the melodrama genre. As an actor you use this to make your actions, emotions and characters over the top and not realistic.
- 15. A feeling felt by the audience when they are uncertain what will happen next.
Down
- 2. A disappointing end to a story.
- 3. What we think we know about a performance that is not said directly. For example we know that a character doesn't always mean what they say, how they say their line tells us what the really mean.
- 4. Frame Used to capture a specific moment of action, like a photograph.
- 5. Stereotypical characters that are easily recognisable to the audience. In horror these are Hero, Villain, Damsel and Side Kick.
- 7. The people you are performing to.
- 10. The use of space on a stage to show the relationships between characters.
- 16. One of the stock characters in the horror genre, helps the hero to save the damsel.