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Elements of Drama
Quick questions on Space and levels explained: O-Level Drama element
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What are proxemics?Show answer
Proxemics is the term for the meaningful distance between performers. Close distance can read as intimacy and warmth, but in another context as threat or confrontation, so the meaning depends on the relationship and the rest of the staging. Wide distance can read as isolation, formality, awkwardness or a relationship that has broken down. The most powerful use of proxemics is change: two characters who begin far apart and slowly close the gap, or who start close and pull apart, show the audience a relationship shifting in real time.
What is q1?Show answer
Define proxemics and give one example of what a close distance between two characters might signal. [3 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Explain what placing one character higher than another usually signals to an audience. [3 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Why is a change of level or distance during a scene more dramatic than a fixed arrangement? [4 marks]
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