ACTION
What happens, the facts and events
that are presented or recounted.
The action of the film takes place in Nunavut.
In the novel, the action moves between Greece and southern
Spain.
CHARACTER
The person represented in a film,
play or story.
The film has three main characters.
She had Mickey Mouse or some other cartoon character on her
sweater.
DIALOGUE
A conversation written for a play,
book or film.
The dialogue was written in English and Cree.
Act Two begins with a dialogue between two harp seals.
EPILOGUE
A speech or text at the end of a play,
book or film, providing information about events that occurred
after the end of the action and adding to the audience’s understanding
of it.
The epilogue to a story, novel or play.
TO PLAY
To perform the role of a character
in a play, film or other entertainment; to play an instrument
in a musical work; to run or be performed at a theatre.
In the film version, Kenneth Branagh played the hero.
I didn't realize Macbeth was playing (= being performed) at
the Guildhall.
PLAY
A dramatic work intended to be performed
in a theatre, or for broadcast on radio or television.
PLOT
A series of events that forms the heart
of a story, play, novel or film.
The play has a very simple plot.
The plot revolves around the relationship between two brothers.
PROLOGUE
A text or speech that precedes the
main action of a play, story, long poem or other work, presenting
events that occurred before the main action begins or ideas
to enrich the audience’s understanding of what is about to
unfold.
SCRIPT
A detailed outline of the speeches
or dialogue and directions to the actors in a play or film.
SETS
/ SCENERY
The décor representing the time and
place where the action of a play or other performance takes
place, including the backdrop, furniture and other objects.
They changed the sets at intermission.
THEATRE
A building or other space where a play
or other work is performed or a film is screened.
They made a puppet theatre out of a cardboard box.
An artform in which actors play characters and events on stage,
following the theatre conventions of their time and culture.
In the Elizabethan theatre, female roles were played by
male actors.
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