Drama: Writing a Script that Matters
The 5 Elements of Drama -------------------------------------------- Peter Brook wrote the Empty Space, a book where he explains that theater that is not relevant to the audience, is not interesting to them, it becomes an empty space. In class students were given the assignment of writing a script that had to do with their own student life. For that they were introduced to the drama as a genre and plot as a structure to follow when writing their scripts. Bellow, we show some samples of the work completed by the students. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ELEMENTS OF DRAMA ASSIGNMENT Sample Script Rachel Westhoff, Natalie Kiboneka, Sami Tano 1. Cast of Characters a. Protagonist = Jimmy the student; Antagonist = Professor Scott the teacher; Natalie, Rachel, Sami = other students in the class 2. Set...