Melodrama

Melodrama was created at a time where theatre was just returning after being oppressed for a while. People were not educated and because of that melodrama was simple for them to understand. The plot is always exagerated and the has many stock characters, for example the stereotypical Hero and the Damsel in Distress who's always in the need of rescue. The plot is always extremely straight forward, with the Damsel being kidnapped by an evil villain, who's the defeated by the Hero, who lives with the damsel happily ever after.

Our attempt at looking at the form looked at using the same storyline. We used cue cards, a convention of melodrama to make it easier for the audience to understand. the props also allowed every character to stand out. We removed dialogue to allow us to focus on exaggerating our movements.