dramatizations
Stories made performable
Dramatizations is the plural of dramatization, meaning adaptations of stories into dramatic form for stage, screen, or radio.
A novel becomes a dramatization when converted to a play or film: The dramatizations of Jane Austen's novels have introduced her work to new audiences.
The word also applies to exaggerated or theatrical presentations of events: His dramatizations of minor inconveniences exhausted everyone.
Raised performance platform
- actorsThose playing roles
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- costumesClothes for assuming roles
- setsGrouped items together
playwright · audience · director · troupe · curtain · scenery · lighting · backstage
Temporarily holding position
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- inflectionWord form alteration
intonation · gesticulation · improvisation · soliloquy · mime · portrayal · delivery · expressiveness
Overstating beyond reality
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- sensationalismOverhyped news coverage
embroidery · coloring · flourishes · elaboration · fancifulness · histrionics · overacting · theatrics
Recounting events aloud
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- sagaExtended heroic narrative
- chronicleOrdered historical record
tale · account · arc · scenario · episode · vignette · sequence · scenes
Film's written blueprint
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
- castingShaping through liquid form
- scriptWritten words for performance
- novelNew and unusual
source · reimagining · remake · reboot · translation · transformation · reworking · recreation
stage
Raised performance platform
- actorsThose playing roles
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- costumesClothes for assuming roles
sets · playwright · audience · director · troupe · curtain · scenery · lighting · backstage · proscenium
acting
Temporarily holding position
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- projectionSomething that extends outward
inflection · intonation · gesticulation · improvisation · soliloquy · mime · portrayal · delivery · expressiveness · characterization
exaggeration
Overstating beyond reality
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
sensationalism · embroidery · coloring · flourishes · elaboration · fancifulness · histrionics · overacting · theatrics · overwrought
storytelling
Recounting events aloud
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- sagaExtended heroic narrative
chronicle · tale · account · arc · scenario · episode · vignette · sequence · scenes · conflict
screenplay
Film's written blueprint
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
- castingShaping through liquid form
- scriptWritten words for performance
novel · source · reimagining · remake · reboot · translation · transformation · reworking · recreation · modernization
- docudramasbiopics, reenactments, biographical films, true crime, archival footage
- enactmentsacts, laws, edicts, decrees, mandates
- improvementsimprovement, fixes, betterment, enhancement, upgrade
- pageantsbeauty pageant, beauty pageants, beauty queen, beauty queens, contestant
- radio dramaradio play, radio serial, radio scripts, radio broadcast, radio mystery
dramatizationssource materials
Original informational inputs
originals · primary sources · raw footage · original works · the book
dramatizationsdocumentaries
Films depicting real events
lectures · recitations · expositions · news reports · readings