Metro Manila College

U-Site Brgy. Kaligayahan, Novaliches, Quezon City

CREATIVE WRITING

SECOND QUARTER - MODULE 5

Prepared by:

FLORIFAYE D. LANGGA, LPT .

LESSON5 READING AND WRITING DRAMA (ONE -ACT)

The learners have an understanding of drama as a genre, able to analyze its elements and
techniques, and be able to compose at least one scene for one-act play that can be staged.

What was the last play, movie or TV series that you have seen? How do you feel after seeing
it? Well, I’m hoping that you feel relaxed and refreshed, since every day seems a tiring one for
everybody. As what others say we have to thrive every moment to survive to these world’s rule.
There is no time on stopping unless it calls you to rest a bit to gain strength on the day’s
challenges. Life is indeed the most complicated one in this world it takes courage for a person to
face all things that awaits in his journey.

Looking on the mirror as your face reflects in it, there is a free spirited soul that lives within. A
soul that would stand whenever life’s trials knock you off. In this lesson, you will take a challenge
for yourself on how drama depicts the everyday life of a person. I want you to open your eyes to
see what is beyond in the situation you are in now. You are not just going learn knowledge about
the technicalities that pertains to drama but also to appreciate the different colors that makes the
life fantastic!

However, in writing on your own in every activities given I want you understand the
difference of drama from a theater/play; that drama is the actual written material or script while
the theater/play is the actual production enacted by actors based on their interpretation of the
written material. Have fun in learning from this module!
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 At the end of this module, the learners will be able to:
1. Identify the various elements, techniques, and literary devices in drama, 2.
Understand intertextuality as a technique of drama,

3. Conceptualize a character/setting/plot for a one act play

What is drama? Drama

❖ Comes from the Greek word “dran” meaning to do or to act.

❖ Story told in dialogue form that is performed by actors for an audience.

❖ Movies, TV shows, live stage, productions and radio play.

❖ Is a literature that develops plot and character through dialogue and actions.

❖ Suspension of disbelief.
Elements of Drama

According to Buhisan & Sayseng (2016), Basilan & De Villa (2017), and these are the
elements of drama

1. CHARACTER- these are the poeple, and can be sometimes animals or ideas that are
portrayed by the actors.

2. SETTINGS- are adapted to the limitations of the stage area (it usually where the story takes
place).

3.PLOT-it
is the characteristics of development and structuring that depends on conflict,
suspense and mood to carry the action forward.

4.INITIAL INCIDENT- event that “gets the story going”.

5.PRELIMINARY EVENT- whatever takes place before the action of the play that is directly
related to the story.

6.EXPOSITION- how the drama will start.

7. STORY ORGANIZATION- beginning, middle and end of the story.

8.CONFLICT- these are the challenges that the characters would face (man vs. himself, man
vs.society, man vs. nature, man vs.individuals, and man vs. superior force)

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9.SUSPENSE- are the twists in the story that makes the people keep watching.

10. THEME- refers to the main idea of the play, it is also called as the soul of the story
for it bring lesson to the audience after seeing the play/drama.

11. TYPE OF LANGUAGE USE-these are the word choice or language choice used in the
drama involving the dialogue; wherein this dialogue are the storyline that are spoken by the
characters in the play.

They also added elements that greatly affects the play nowadays:

❖ Convention- are the types of methods and techniques used by the director to create a
specific style of effect.

❖ Genre- these are the types of drama that the audience look forward in seeing.

❖ Audience- are the reason for the creation of such play.

While (Basilan and Villa, 2017) believed that INTERTEXTUALITY is one of the techniques that
would also capture the heart of an audience. Intertextuality is a device that creates
interrelationship between texts and generates related understanding in separate works. For
example in literature is James Joyce’s Ulysses as a retelling of The Odyssey, set in Dublin.
(Figures of intertextuality are: allusions, quotation, parody and pastiche).
Types of Drama
Comedy Derived from the Greek word “komos” which means festivity or revelry. Its
purpose is for amusement or happy ending.
Farce
An exaggerated comedy which seeks to arouse mirth by laughable lines.
Situations are too ridiculous to be true
Melodrama
Arouses immediate and intense emotion and is usually sad but a happy
ending is set for the principal character.
Tragedy
Involves the hero who struggles mighty against dynamic forces until he
meets death. (Ex: Hamlet)

Musical A movie or play that tells story with songs and dancing.
Drama

Historical A type of drama that attempts to relive famous historical events that made
Drama a mark in the world.
Fantasy A drama that showcases magic, psuedo-science, horror and other themes
that only exists in the human mind.

Technical elements

1. SET/SCENERY- are the technical equipments such as curtains, flats, backdrops, etc.

2. COSTUMES- clothing and accessories.

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3. PROPS- movable objects that appear on stage.

4. LIGHTS- choice of colors, intensity and placement of lights.

5. SOUNDS- the effects that the audience hears.

6. MAKE-UP- cosmetics and prosthetics used to enhance/change a person’s image.

PERFORMANCE ELEMENTS

❖ ACTING- use of face, body, and voice to portray character

❖ CHARACTER ANALYSIS- is a response to dramatic act, the process of examining how the
elements of drama.

❖ DRAMA- literary, technical,l and performance are used

❖ EMPATHY- It is the ability to share someone else’s feelings/non-verbal expressions ❖

GESTURES- is any movements of the actors that convey meaning.

❖ FACIAL EXPRESSIONS- physical and vocal aspects used by an actor to convey mood,
feeling or personality.

❖ MOVEMENTS- these are stage blockings or the movements of the actors on stage
during the performance, and events by events happened during the performance.

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 Activity 1 LET’S TRY!

Directions: From the given picture make a short script based on your personal interpretation.
Write your simple story on a separate sheet of paper.

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 Source: https://steemit.com/values/@bhabyjulz22/filipino
-values

Title: _____________________________________________________________________

Written By: ______________________________________________

Characters:

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Activity 2
KEEP IT UP!

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Directions: Given the title of movies, determine the type of drama that the writer used. (You can write
two or more type of drama in each movie).

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 Movie Title Type of Drama

1. Example: Die Beautiful (2016) Example: Comedy

3. Praybeyt Benjamin (2011) COMEDY

4. Hello, Love, Goodbye (2019) MELODRAMA

5. That Thing Called Tadhana( 2014) MELODRAMA AND COMEDY

6. Kita Lita (2017) MELODRAMA AND COMEDY

7. Lord of the Rings (2001) FANTASY

8. The Wizard of Oz (1939) FANTASY

9. Black Panther (2018) FANTASY

10. The Fault in Our Stars (2014) MELODRAMA

11. Titanic(1997) MELODRAMA AND TRAGEDY

12. Romeo and Juliet (1996) TRAGEDY

13. Les Miserables (2012) MUSICAL DRAMA

14. The Greatest Showman (2017) MUSICAL DRAMA

15. Alladin (2019) FANTASY

16. Train To Busan (2016) FANTASY

17. The Ring (2002) FANTASY

18.Mr. Peabody and Sherman (2014) COMEDY

19.Heneral Luna (2015) HISTORICAL DRAMA

20. El Presidente (2012) HISTORICAL DRAMA

21. King Arthur ( 2004) HISTORICAL DRAMA

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Activity 1
LET’S BUILD THINGS UP!

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Directions: Read the questions carefully and encircle your best answer.

1. c. Drama is literature that develops plot and character through dialogue and action.
a. Creative writing b. Fiction c. Drama d. Short story

2. d. Plot is one of unique characteristics of most play that usually divides the story which
has its own emotional peak , or climax.

a. Dialogue b. Scene/s c. Script d. Plot

3. a.Tradgedy is a broad term in drama in which actions and events turn out disastrously for
the main character or characters.
a.Tradgedy b. Melodrama c. Comedy d. Farce

4. d. Settings in the time and place in which the events occurs,including the environment
and atmosphere.
a. Plot b. Characters c. Theme d. Settings

5. A. Script usually printed in italics and set off in parentheses followed by every playwright’s
instructions on how the play should be staged and performed.
a. Script b. Stage Directions c. Dialogue d. Directors Command

6. d.Plot is a series of related events that usually begin with the problem or conflict that
intensifies, reaches a peak, and is eventually resolved.
a.Theme b. Settings c. Characters d.Plot

7. c. Soliloquy _is a long uninterrupted speech by one character that reveals his or her
thoughts and feelings.
a. Monologue b. The Aside c. Soliloquy d. Dialogue

8. a.Monologue _is a short speech delivered directly to the audience as if the characters
could not hear it.
a.Monologue b. The Aside c. Soliloquy d. Dialogue

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9. d. Parody imitates or mocks another serious work or type of literature, this usually
happens when someone wanted it to deliver in a more creative way.
a. Quotation b. Pastiche c. Allusion d. Parody

10. c. Allusion is written in tribute to a work of literature.

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 Activity 2
LET’S BUILD THINGS UP!
Directions: Answer and explain on your own the following questions:
1. What is the importance of the elements of drama?

-The most important element of drama is plot .The plot is the sequence of events in the
story or drama.Plot is the most important element in a narrative. It is the events in the play
and the order in which the events are told. There is no one correct way to structure a
drama

2. How do technical elements and performance elements help in the staged play?

-They help us to make a good piece of drama because Technical elements consist of
scenery (set), costumes, properties, lights, sound, and makeup. And the last, performance
elements consist of acting, character motivation, character analysis, and empathy.

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3. Why are there different types of drama?

There is different types of drama because it will help us to know what are we watching if it is
comedy, melodrama,tragedy and etc.

4. How important is the intertextuality in drama?

-The importance of Intertextuality. Intertextuality shows how much a culture can influence its
authors, even as the authors in turn influence the culture. When you create a work of art,
literature, or scholarship, you are inevitably influenced by everything that you've seen or read
up to that point.

5. When can we ay that drama depicts our life? (Explain)

-The drama depicts our life when we watched tragic drama we know that its really painful when
someone die because all of us experience it when one of our relatives die of course we cry a lot.

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 ❖ Drama- the writing that develops plot and character through dialogue and action.

❖ Common elements of drama are: Characters, Setting, Plot, Theme, and Language Use

❖ Types drama includes: Comedy, Farce, Melodrama, Tradgedy, Musical, Historical, and
Fantasy.

❖ There are 3 things to consider also in writing plays/dramas:

⚫ Convention

⚫ Genre

⚫ Audience

❖ Intertextuality involves intertextual figures such as allusion, quotation, parody and

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits
and entrances; and one of one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages,
said Shakespeare( in http://www.brainyquote.com).

As an individual let us try to appreciate the role that our creator has given to us. Also, let
us not be envy of the things or achievements that the others has already have because we
have different timeline to follow. We grow and bloom differently, we are created to be unique
from one another so that we will learn to humble ourself.

Learning to love ourself is also subjected to change. Change not to copy others but to
change because it is for the better purpose in life and to the people that surrounds you.

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Buhisan, A.J.F.G. et. Al. (2016) Creative Writing: K-12 Compliant Worktext for Senior High School .
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Abelos, A., Afidchao, S., Alfonso, R. et.al (2007). Philippine Literature: Rediscovering Our Regional
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