Class 7 Arts (Kriti) Chapter 3, Let’s Design — Stage Technicals 2, explores the two invisible pillars behind every great play: coordinated backstage management (sets, props, costumes, lighting, music) and structured scriptwriting.
What Class 7 Art Chapter 3 Covers
Part I: Backstage Work — The Invisible Pillar of Theatre breaks down pre-show, live-show and post-show responsibilities across four technical departments—Set and Properties, Costume and Make-up, Music/Sound, and Lighting—plus the tradition of the three theatre bells.
Part II: Script Writing — ‘Write Right’ (Activities 3.2.1–3.2.3) teaches the three-act dramatic structure (beginning, conflict/middle, resolution/end), three-dimensional character creation, and dividing a story into stageable scenes with dialogue and stage directions.
Three bells in theatre: professional shows ring three bells at set intervals. The first asks the audience to fall silent as the play will start soon, with the first scene’s set already in place. At the second the actors take their positions, the mics go on and the play, playwright and director are announced, with phones and flash photography banned; the third bell starts the show.
Backstage problems to solve: two scenarios test quick thinking: the lead actor is injured at the morning rehearsal of an evening show, and the magical bracelet the whole story depends on goes missing on show day.
Script structure: every script needs a protagonist and a goal. Characters are listed with age, background and problem (for example, Harsha trying to solve the mystery of a sound from his backyard), tracked for how they change, and dropped if they do not help the story. Scenes mark a change of time, place or action.
Exercises in Chapter 3
- Activities, Circle Time reflections and end-of-chapter Assessment rubrics.
Read Class 7 Art Chapter 3 Online
More Chapters
- Previous: Chapter 2: Say More without Speech — Mime
- Next: Chapter 4: Story of India’s Storytelling Tradition
- Hindi medium: Class 7 Arts Chapter 3 PDF in Hindi (Kriti)
- All Art chapters and the other Class 7 books: Class 7 NCERT books 2026-27
- All Class 1 to 12 NCERT Textbooks: NCERT Books PDF (Class 1–12)
- Every book chapter by chapter: NCERT chapter wise PDF
FAQ
What are the four main backstage technical teams in a theatre production?
Set and Properties (Props), Costume and Make-up, Music and Sound, and Stage Lighting.
What do the three bells before a theatre performance signify?
The first bell alerts the audience to enter the auditorium and actors to finish preparations; the second bell asks the audience to take their seats; the third bell signals silence, dimming of house lights, and the opening of the curtain.
Why is a play divided into scenes?
Scenes mark a change in time, place or action, like chapters in a book.