DRAM 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jon Klassen, Sound Design, Henrik Ibsen
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Plot: the ordering of the incidents in a play. Can also be the antagonist (mental state) The opposing force (could come from nature) Luke skywalker (protagonist) darth vader (antagonist) Also known as a causal or linear plot. The most well know and basic convention (those diagrams from high school building/rising up and then the falling action. Exposition: information about past events given by the playwright through character conversation. Often the bulk of the exposition comes at the beginning of the play. Inciting incident: an event that sets the action into motion. This incident should as a trigger for climactic outcome. An incident, an idea, a wish, or a plan in the mind of a leading character. May occur within the text or outside of the text (before the story began) Point of attack: the first action taken by the protagonist to achieve their goal.
