Year 8 CIE Drama: Quick Memorisation Guide to Key Terminology | Year 8 CIE 戏剧：词汇术语速记指南

📚 Year 8 CIE Drama: Quick Memorisation Guide to Key Terminology | Year 8 CIE 戏剧：词汇术语速记指南

Drama comes alive when you can name exactly what is happening on stage. This guide breaks down the essential terminology you will encounter in Year 8 CIE Drama, helping you memorise and use key words with confidence in rehearsals, written work and performances.

当你能准确说出舞台上发生的一切时，戏剧便活了起来。本指南将梳理你在 Year 8 CIE 戏剧课程中会遇到的核心术语，帮助你牢固记忆并在排练、书面作业与表演中自信地运用这些关键词。

1. Stage Directions and Areas | 舞台方位与区域

• Upstage (US): The area of the stage farthest from the audience. Moving upstage means moving away from the front edge.

  舞台后方 (US)：离观众最远的舞台区域，向上舞台移动即远离舞台前缘。

• Downstage (DS): The area closest to the audience, towards the front of the stage.

  舞台前方 (DS)：最靠近观众的舞台区域，位于舞台前半部分。

• Centre Stage (CS): The middle of the acting area, often the strongest position for a performer.

  舞台中央 (CS)：表演区的正中央，通常是演员最有力的站位。

• Stage Left (SL): The left side of the stage from the actor’s perspective when facing the audience. For the audience, this appears as the right-hand side.

  舞台左侧 (SL)：演员面向观众时左手边的区域。从观众角度看，这是右手边。

• Stage Right (SR): The right side of the stage from the actor’s perspective when facing the audience. The audience sees this as the left-hand side.

  舞台右侧 (SR)：演员面向观众时右手边的区域。观众看到的则是左手边。

• Wings: Areas immediately to the left and right of the stage, hidden from the audience’s view, used for entrances and exits.

  侧翼幕：紧邻舞台左右两侧、观众看不到的区域，用于上下场。

• Apron: The part of the stage that extends out in front of the main curtain, closest to the audience.

  台唇：主幕布前方延伸出来的舞台部分，离观众最近。

2. Vocal Skills | 声音表现技巧

• Volume: How loudly or quietly you speak. Adjusting volume helps show emotion and ensures you can be heard.

  音量：说话声音的大小。调节音量能表现情绪并确保观众听得见。

• Pitch: The highness or lowness of your voice. A high pitch can indicate excitement or fear; a low pitch can suggest authority or calm.

  音高：嗓音的高低程度。高音可表达兴奋或恐惧，低音可暗示威严或平静。

• Pace: The speed at which you speak. A fast pace can build tension; a slow pace can create suspense or seriousness.

  语速：说话的速度。快语速能制造紧张感，慢语速则营造悬念或严肃气氛。

• Tone: The emotional quality or colour of the voice. Tone reveals how a character is feeling, even when the words stay the same.

  语气：声音里的情感色彩。语气能暴露角色的感受，即便台词本身没有变化。

• Projection: Using breath control and clear diction to send your voice to the back of the performance space without shouting.

  声音投射：运用呼吸控制与清晰吐字，将声音传送到表演空间后排，而不用嘶喊。

• Emphasis: Stressing a particular word or phrase to highlight its meaning or importance.

  强调：对某个词语或短语加以重读，以突出其含义或重要性。

3. Physical Skills | 肢体表现技巧

• Gesture: A movement of part of the body, especially the hands or arms, to express ideas or feelings.

  手势：身体局部的动作，特别是手和手臂，用以表达想法或情感。

• Posture: The way a character holds their body when sitting or standing. Posture can instantly communicate age, status or mood.

  体态：角色坐立时保持身体的方式。体态能立刻传递年龄、地位或情绪。

• Facial expression: How a performer uses their eyes, mouth and eyebrows to show emotion without words.

  面部表情：演员用眼睛、嘴巴和眉毛在没有台词的情况下传达情感的方式。

• Body language: The combination of posture, gesture and movement that reveals a character’s inner state.

  肢体语言：体态、手势和动作的结合，泄露角色的内心状态。

• Levels: Using different heights on stage, such as standing, sitting, crouching or lying down, to show power relationships and add visual interest.

  层次高低：在舞台上使用不同高度，如站立、坐着、蹲下或躺下，以表现权力关系并增加视觉趣味。

• Gait: A person’s manner of walking. A character’s gait can tell the audience about their personality, age or physical condition.

  步态：一个人走路的姿势。角色的步态能向观众透露其性格、年龄或身体状况。

4. Characterisation | 角色塑造

• Role on the wall: A rehearsal technique where a character outline is drawn on paper and key information about the character’s thoughts, feelings and background is written inside and outside the outline.

  角色墙：一种排练方法，在纸上画出角色轮廓，并将关于角色思想、感受和背景的关键信息写在轮廓内外。

• Hot seating: A character is questioned in role by other actors or the teacher while staying in character, helping to build deeper understanding.

  坐针毡：角色保持人物状态，被其他演员或老师提问，以加深对角色的理解。

• Motivation: The reason why a character does or says something. Every action on stage should have a clear motivation.

  动机：角色为何采取行动或说出某句话的原因。舞台上每个动作都应有清晰的动机。

• Status: The level of power or importance a character has in a scene, often shown through body language, use of space and eye contact.

  地位：角色在场景中拥有的权力或重要程度，常通过肢体语言、空间运用和眼神接触表现。

• Subtext: The underlying meaning beneath the words a character speaks, what they really think or feel but do not say directly.

  潜台词：角色台词之下的隐藏含意，即他们真实所想或所感但未直接说出的内容。

5. The Drama Elements | 戏剧核心元素

• Role: Adopting the attitude, voice and physicality of someone else to bring a character to life.

  角色：采用他人的态度、声音和身体特征，将角色生动地呈现出来。

• Relationship: The connection between characters, which can be shown through proximity, eye contact and how they speak to each other.

  关系：角色之间的联系，可通过距离、眼神交流以及相互说话的方式展现。

• Time: When the drama takes place, including historical period, season or time of day, which influences costume, language and behaviour.

  时间：剧情发生的时间，包括历史时期、季节或一天中的具体时刻，影响服装、语言和行为。

• Place: Where the action happens. The setting shapes mood and affects how characters move and interact.

  地点：情节发生的场所。场景设定塑造氛围并影响角色的行动与互动。

• Tension: The sense of anticipation or conflict that keeps the audience engaged. Tension can be created through silence, conflict, pressure or mystery.

  张力：让观众保持投入的期待感或冲突感。张力可通过静默、冲突、压力或神秘感来制造。

• Focus: Directing the audience’s attention to a particular character, action or object at a key moment.

  焦点：在关键时刻将观众的注意力引向某个特定的角色、动作或物体。

• Contrast: Placing different characters, moods or movements side by side to highlight differences and add depth.

  对比：将不同的角色、情绪或动作并置，以突出差异并增加深度。

• Mood: The overall feeling or atmosphere of a scene or the whole performance, influenced by lighting, sound and acting choices.

  情绪气氛：一场戏或整个演出的总体感受或氛围，受灯光、音效和表演选择的影响。

• Symbol: An object, colour or action that represents a bigger idea, such as a white dress symbolising innocence.

  象征：一件物品、一种颜色或一个动作，代表更大的含义，例如白色裙子象征纯洁。

6. Script Conventions | 剧本格式与惯例

• Stage directions: Instructions in a script, often in brackets or italics, that describe movement, setting, tone or technical effects.

  舞台指示：脚本中的指导说明，通常放在括号内或用斜体，描述动作、场景、语气或技术效果。

• Dialogue: Conversation between two or more characters in a play, written as lines of speech.

  对白：剧中两个或更多角色之间的对话，写成台词形式。

• Monologue: A long speech delivered by a single character, often revealing their inner thoughts directly to the audience or another character.

  独白：由一个角色独自说出的长篇台词，常常直接向观众或另一角色揭示内心想法。

• Aside: A remark made by a character directly to the audience, usually not heard by other characters on stage.

  旁白：角色直接对观众说出的话语，通常舞台上其他角色听不见。

• Scene: A division of an act in a play, taking place in a single location at a specific time, often marked by a change of setting.

  场：戏剧中一幕的切分单位，发生在单一地点和特定时间，常以场景变换为标志。

7. Blocking and Movement | 舞台走位与动作

• Blocking: The precise planning and arrangement of actors’ movements on stage, decided in rehearsals and recorded in the script.

  走位：对演员在舞台上的移动进行精确规划与编排，在排练中确定并记录在剧本里。

• Cross: A movement from one part of the stage to another. A ‘cross’ is often notated in blocking notes.

  横向移动：从舞台一处移至另一处的动作。“横向移动”常在走位笔记中标示。

• Upstaging: When an actor moves upstage, forcing another actor to turn away from the audience to speak to them, thus drawing focus unhelpfully.

  抢背台：一名演员向上舞台移动，迫使另一演员背对观众与之对话，从而不当地抢走注意力。

• Masking: Accidentally blocking the audience’s view of another performer or an important piece of action.

  遮挡：无意中挡住观众看另一位演员或重要动作的视线。

• Cheat out: Angling the body slightly towards the audience while still appearing to face another actor, so that facial expressions and voice can be shared clearly.

  朝外借位：身体略微转向观众，同时仍看似面向另一演员，以使面部表情和声音清晰传递给观众。

8. Rehearsal Techniques | 排练方法

• Freeze frame: A still picture created by actors to capture a key moment or idea, as if pausing a video. Also called a still image.

  定格画面：演员用静止姿势捕捉关键瞬间或想法的画面，就像暂停视频一样。也称静态画面。

• Slow motion: Performing movements at a deliberately reduced speed to heighten a moment or explore physical detail.

  慢动作：有意识地放慢动作速度，以强化某个瞬间或探索身体细节。

• Thought tracking: A technique where a character speaks their inner thoughts aloud at a chosen moment, often while the action is frozen around them.

  思路追踪：在选定时刻让角色大声说出内心想法，通常发生在周边动作定格的时候。

• Marking the moment: Highlighting a significant beat in the drama through a strong physical gesture, sound or a frozen picture, to make it stand out.

  标记关键时刻：通过有力的身体姿态、声音或定格画面凸显戏剧中的重要节拍，使其醒目。

• Conscience alley: A rehearsal strategy where other actors form two lines and speak contrasting advice or thoughts as a character walks between them, helping the character decide.

  良心小巷：一种排练策略，其他演员站成两列，在一名角色从中间走过时说出相反的建议或想法，帮助角色做出决定。

9. Lighting Terminology | 灯光术语

• Blackout: A sudden complete absence of light on stage, used to mark the end of a scene or create shock.

  黑场：舞台上突然完全无光，用于表示一场戏的结束或制造震惊效果。

• Fade: A gradual increase (fade in) or decrease (fade out) of lighting intensity, creating a smooth transition.

  渐亮/渐暗：灯光强度逐渐增加（渐亮）或减弱（渐暗），制造平滑过渡。

• Crossfade: Bringing one lighting state down while simultaneously bringing another up, often used to shift time or place smoothly.

  交叉渐变：一个灯光状态减弱的同时另一个增强，常用于流畅地转换时间或地点。

• Spot: A tightly focused beam of light that highlights a specific performer or area.

  聚光：一束高度集中的光，用于突出某个特定演员或区域。

• Wash: A wide, even spread of light that covers a large section of the stage with no harsh edges.

  铺光：广阔均匀的光线分布，覆盖舞台大片区域，无明显边界。

• Gobo: A thin metal or glass plate placed in front of a light to project a pattern or shape, such as leaves or a window frame.

  图案片：置于灯具前的薄金属片或玻璃片，可投射出树叶、窗框等图案或形状。

10. Sound and Music | 音效与音乐

• Diegetic sound: Sound that comes from a source within the world of the play, such as a radio playing on stage or a door slamming that characters can hear.

  剧情内音效：来源于戏剧世界内部的声响，如舞台上的收音机声或角色能听到的关门声。

• Non-diegetic sound: Sound added for the audience’s benefit that characters cannot hear, like background music or a narrator’s voice-over.

  剧情外音效：为观众添加而角色听不到的声响，如背景音乐或叙述者的画外音。

• Soundscape: A layered combination of sounds, often created by actors using voices and everyday objects, to build the atmosphere of a place.

  声景：利用声音分层组合（常由演员用嗓音和日常物品制作）来营造某个地方的氛围。

• Underscore: Music played quietly under dialogue or action to support the mood without dominating the scene.

  衬乐：在对白或动作进行时轻柔播放的音乐，用来烘托情绪但不喧宾夺主。

• SFX (sound effects): Specific recorded or live sounds used to match on-stage actions, such as footsteps, thunder or a telephone ring.

  音效 (SFX)：用于配合舞台动作的特定录制或现场声音，如脚步声、雷声或电话铃声。

11. Set Design and Props | 布景设计与道具

• Flat: A lightweight wooden frame covered with canvas or plywood, painted and used to create walls or backgrounds on stage.

  景片：覆盖帆布或胶合板的轻质木框，经过涂绘后用于在舞台上搭建墙壁或背景。

• Cyclorama: A large, usually curved, plain backdrop at the back of the stage, often used for sky effects or colour washes.

  天幕：舞台后部的大型素色背景幕，通常呈弧形，常用于天空效果或色彩铺陈。

• Rostra (plural of rostrum): Platforms of varying heights used to create different levels and define separate acting areas.

  平台：不同高度的台面，用于创造高低层次并划分不同的表演区域。

• Props (properties): Any portable item an actor handles or carries on stage, such as a book, a cup or a sword.

  道具：演员在舞台上手持或搬运的任何可移动物品，如一本书、一个杯子或一把剑。

• Set dressing: Decorative items added to a set to make it look lived-in and realistic, such as curtains, pictures or books on a shelf, which are usually not handled by actors.

  场景装饰：添加在布景上的装饰物件，使场景看起来更真实、更有生活气息，如窗帘、图画或书架上的书，演员通常不触碰。

12. Costume and Make-up | 服装与化妆

• Costume: The clothing and accessories worn by an actor to represent a character, indicating period, social status, occupation and personality.

  服装：演员为呈现角色而穿戴的衣物与配饰，显示时代背景、社会地位、职业和个性。

• Make-up: Products applied to an actor’s face and body to alter appearance, enhance features under stage lights, or create special effects.

  化妆：在演员面部和身体涂抹产品以改变外貌、在舞台灯光下强化五官或制造特殊效果。

• Mask: A covering for all or part of the face, used to transform an actor into a different character, creature or emotion instantly.

  面具：覆盖全部或部分面部的罩具，能瞬间将演员变为不同角色、生物或情绪。

• Period costume: Clothing that accurately reflects the fashion of a specific historical era, helping to establish time and place convincingly.

  时代服装：准确反映某一特定历史时期流行风格的衣着，有助于令人信服地建立时代与地点。

• Quick change: A fast costume change, often taking place in the wings, that allows an actor to reappear as a different character in seconds.

  快速换装：通常在侧翼幕进行的快速服装更换，使演员能在数秒内以另一个角色再次登场。

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