3 Areas of Exploration :: Drama

3 Areas of ExplorationHot-Seating-----------Hot-Seating is where the audience asks you questions about yourcharacter. This proficiency is important in drama because it really lines you concentrate on the character that you are playing. You have gotto know your characters background & what type of person he/she is.Which in turn helps move your work forward, because you know moreabout your character Thought track----------------Thought Tracking is where your character speaks his/her thoughts tothe audience. This technique is important in drama because it revealswhat a character is thinking without other characters, in the piece,knowing.For exampleLuke Are you advent out later?Steve ok then. (Aside) Though I suppose Ill be paying again. (To Luke) See you at 7. Forum-theatre-------------Forum theatre is where a crack is enacted & watched by the rest of thegroup & at any point in the drama any actor/actress can stop the sceneto ask to make a suggestion or can join in by suggesting a n ew role ortake over an existing role. This technique is important in dramabecause it helps get ideas & move your scene forward. Midsummer nights dream Vs Staying LostIntroduction------------These two plays are different in both way. On one hand weve got aromantic comedy, midsummer nights dream, which deals with four lovers& fairies & on the other weve got a serious piece, staying lost,which deals with lifes issues.SimilaritiesBoth of the pieces had 3 different split which came unitedly at theend i.e. the teenage maternity, the unwanted child the rape story.Then at the end the 3 parts came together in a very effective scene where the victims behind a big gate & the other people were on the other side. The 3 parts in midsummer nights dream also came together at the end i.e. the lovers story, the fairies story & the workers story. Then at the end we all came together in a scene where the workers put on a play for the visitors. Another similarity is that we both pieces used thought tracking i.e. In staying lost in the pregnancy story when Carly was sitting on the stairs