Drama+Lesson+4

Lesson 4: Melodrama Melodrama is a kind of theatre which is very over-dramatic. Melodrama uses cliche characters (Hero, villain , damsel in distress etc..) who convey plenty of emotion in their very dramatic and dangerous story lines.

In lesson 4 we used the following elements of drama:

-Role -Space -Action

We also learnt about a new element of drama 'Tension'. Tension is the 'problem' or the 'drama' in the story that makes the story interesting or exciting. What part of the melodrama had the 'tension'?

The Convention of Drama that we learned about in this lesson was 'Split Scene'. This is when we have two scenes showing on the one stage. Do you remember some reasons why we might use a split scene?

Work for home:

Next time when you are watching T.V. think about the scene you are watching, what is the tension? How are the writers building the tension? Was the tension resolved or left for a cliff hanger?