TV Dramas fall into this style

Tempo follows the emotions

Should be honest & truthful
Shows people as they are

Relationships important
Emotions are important
Dramaturgy Theory

Representational

Tempo is the slowest

Naturalistic acting
of

Most real
Dramatic Literature Genres
Aristotle Driven Plots
1800s and before
• Action Driven

Line Chart of Acting Styles

• Melodrama
• Poetics Important
Character
Plot
Theme
Language
Tempo/Music
Spectacle
Realism
Began in the 1890s

Can have a mixture of many things

Size is slightly bigger than real life
At times strikes an emotional cord
Social Issues

Can have elements of both sides

•

Ingredients are love & humor

• True Fourth Wall

Sitcoms fall into this style

Characters are more real
• essence is character’s inner motivation

The In Between

Tempo is imposed
• Freud Psychological interpretation

Tone is light
Naturalism
Extreme form of realism
Slice of life
Tremendous details in scenic elements
No real structure to plot
Modernism
Umbrella term for many of the “isms”
• Poetic Realism
• Expressionism
• Brecht- Total Theatre or Epic Theatre
• Absurdism
Post Modernism
Another term used to describe the following:
• Lack of Structure
• Blending of Pop Cultural, Media & Theatre
• Use of Technology as essential element
• Image is most important element
Tone can be heavy handed humor

• Nonlinear plot structure

Acknowledgment of performing

• Random reflections on….

Talking to the audience

Art for Art’s sake

Tempos are extreme

Big Acting Choices

Presentational

or
Two Dimensional
Larger than Life
Big Physicality

A reviewing of the past in a new light

Farcical

Two Categories of Acting Techniques

INNER APPROACH OUTER APPROACH
ex: Inner Monologue ex: Begin/End