dramatic elements
What makes theater
Dramatic elements are the fundamental components of theater and storytelling: plot, character, setting, dialogue, conflict, theme, and spectacle.
These building blocks appear in plays, films, and fiction, and theater education often treats them as a framework for analysis.
The term extends to real-life situations with theatrical qualities: The trial had all the dramatic elements of a courtroom drama.
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- character arcProtagonist's gradual transformation
- stageRaised performance platform
- stage directionsInstructions within a script
- gestureCommunicative body movement
lighting · conflict · inner conflict · subtext · comic relief · stage presence · morality · movement · rising action · visual symbolism · sound effects · scene change · power dynamics · climax · identity · silence · falling action · physicality
dramatic elementsstage machinery
Equipment for theatrical effects
lighting design · sound engineering · set construction · rigging · stage management
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