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Theatre and Film Vocabulary

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    First introduction to Theatre and Cinema Vocabulary to ESL students.
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  • When you go to the theatre, you go to see a:
    play
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  • The people in a play are called the:
    characters
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  • If the characters in a play start to sing and dance, it's not a play, it's a:
    musical
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  • if the characters sing in italian or german, you're seeing an:
    Opera
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  • In a play, actors have to follow a:
    Script
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  • When there is no script, we are talking about:
    Improv
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  • The hero of the story is the:
    protagonist or main character
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  • The bad guy, the person who is an obstacle to the protagonist:
    Antagonist
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  • Plays and films are usually divided into three (or 5) of these:
    Acts
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  • The person who writes plays:
    Playwright
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  • The person who tells actors what to do in plays and films:
    Director
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  • What do you call the area where the action takes place?
    Setting
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  • The things that have happened to a character before the main action:
    Background
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  • A synonym for goal, which is very important for actors, is the O______ or T______
    Objective or Target
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  • It's where actors perform in a theatre:
    Stage
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  • A play that ends with a death
    Tragedy
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