dramatisations
Stories made theatrical
Dramatisations is the British spelling of dramatizations—adaptations of stories or events into dramatic form for stage, screen, or radio.
A novel becomes a dramatisation when converted into a play or film: The BBC's dramatisation of the novel won several awards.
The word also covers theatrical presentations of real events: a dramatisation of the trial.
Film's written blueprint
- novelizationAdapting films into books
- scriptWritten words for performance
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- filmMovie or coating
television · miniseries · biopic · docudrama · reimagining · fictionalization · transformation · abridgment
Temporarily holding position
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- stagingPreparing for presentation
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
director · audience · playwright · costume · troupe · understudy · blocking · ensemble
Overstating beyond reality
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- elaborationDevelopment through detail
caricature · fabrication · sensationalism · distortion · theatricality · melodrama · histrionics · overacting
screenplay
Film's written blueprint
- novelizationAdapting films into books
- scriptWritten words for performance
- interpretationAssigned meaning
film · television · miniseries · biopic · docudrama · reimagining · fictionalization · transformation · abridgment · serialization
acting
Temporarily holding position
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- stagingPreparing for presentation
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
dialogue · director · audience · playwright · costume · troupe · understudy · blocking · ensemble · scenery
exaggeration
Overstating beyond reality
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
elaboration · caricature · fabrication · sensationalism · distortion · theatricality · melodrama · histrionics · overacting · heightening
dramatisationsoriginal compositions
Freshly created musical works
original works · originals · original scripts · source material · primary sources