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Dramatic Questions 101

This is a crash-course in dramatic structure.

I didn’t like how the textbook did it, so I am deviating from it. There are some definitions you need from the book, but otherwise, everything you need is on these slides.

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The dramatic question is the question that the audience asks itself throughout the play.

Will John find his father?

Will Heather fall in love?

Blah blah blah.

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It’s boring and useless when you look at it from an observer’s perspective.

Look at it from a creator’s point of view.

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When you create, you start at the END. What is the reality that you want at the end of your play?

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I don’t know what movies you’ve seen, so I’m going to use this course as an example.You want to get an ‘A’.

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Garret gets an ‘A’.

Is my reality at the end of this course.

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So what is the question out of that?

Well there’s two.

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“Garret gets an ‘A’”.

_______ gets an ‘A’.

Garret gets a _____.

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“Garret gets an ‘A’”.

Who gets an ‘A’?

Oh, GARRET gets an ‘A’.

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“Garret gets an ‘A’”.

What does Garret get?

Oh, Garret gets an ‘A’.

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This may sound arbitrary, but those are the two dramatic questions that you can work with, which gives you the SAME dramatic answer.

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Because they’re linked.

So, a good creator takes the first question:Who get’s an A?

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Who gets an A?

And makes it everyone BUT Garret at the beginning of the play.

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Who gets an A?

Garret is so worthless, he couldn’t possibly get an ‘A’. So when he gets one, its CRAZY cool.

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But we’re REALLY watching to see what Grade Garret gets.

And it ain’t an ‘A’ until the last possible moment.

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On the discussion board.

Under “Dramatic Question”

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Make the subject of your post, a Dramatic Answer (IE, Garret gets an A)

And the body has all of the dramatic questions associated with it.(AT LEAST 2)

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EXTRA CREDIT IF YOU TAKE IT FROM A REAL PLAY/MOVIE/TV SHOW

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