conventions of drama

Dramatic Conventions are the specific actions or techniques the actor, writer or director has employed to create a desired dramatic effect/style. A dramatic convention is a set of rules,which both the audience and actors are familiar with and which act as a useful way of quickly signifying the nature of the action or of a character.

Some early conventions are

such as the poses used by actors in Japanese theatre to establish a character, or the stock characters of the black-cloaked, moustache twirling villain in early cinema. some of dramas conventions can are sometimes put into groups,

groups, such as Rehearsal, Technical or Theatrical. Rehearsal Conventions can include Hot Seating, Role on the Wall or Still Images. Technical Conventions can include Lighting, Dialogue, Monologue, Set, Costuming or Entrances/Exits. Theatrical Conventions may include Split Focus, Flashback/Flashforward, Narration, Soliloquy and Spoken Thought.