Characters
All plays and screenplays include characters, each with his or her distinct personality.
Whether you're attending a live theater performance or watching a television show, you expect to see certain things, such as a consistent set of characters and a logical series of event. These elements are included in every play, regardless of its type. Use the slides below to review some essential elements that your own script should include.
Setting
Setting is the time or place of the story.
Plot
The events of a play are what happens in the story. Generally, the plot includes the exposition, the rising action, climax, and the resolution.
Conflict
The events of a play happen in response to problem, or conflict. The characters work to solve the problem throughout the plot.
Scenes
A scene is a small part, or section, of an act in which the action occurs in a single location. In all forms of drama, the scenes and their action occur on stage (or on-screen).
You have read several plays in this module. What types of problems or conflict did the characters encounter? Review your journal entries for this module to recall the problems the characters faced and the situations or character traits that led to these problems.
