The elements of drama in Oliver Twist, are tools that create an enjoyable to watch but adds to the meaning of the narrative. Drama includes drama elements as building blocks that involves the dramatic expression of ideas, to a specific audience with a specific purpose through dramatic action based on real or imagined events. Drama film director, Carol Reed, structured the Charles Dickens-based musical Oliver! (1968) movie clip “Consider Yourself” used several drama elements to create a quality musical narrative.
Characters, as active participants in the musical, refers to the personality of the character, while roles show the relationship dynamics between characters (REF). Oliver is the main character (protagonist), an orphaned and neglected boy, that faces the consequences of actions related to his quest to discover his true identity. Oliver finds himself in the city of London, and meets a boy pickpocket known as Artful Dodger, that invites him to live in London through the song, “Consider Yourself”. The intent of the song is to fundamentally welcome Oliver in a lyrical gift, establishing him as 'one of the family', and celebrate the camaraderie Dodger and the city of London offer. The lyrics further set up the role and relationship between Oliver and Dodger, using the pronoun “we” or Dodger’s exclusive “family”. London is depicted as a hospitable environment through the lyrics and choreography as the extended song-and-dance routine adds more “locals”, singing “whatever we’ve got we share”.
The celebration and welcoming are convincing as locals include dancing bobbies, wedding participants, vegetable carriers, ladies hanging clothes on a line, outdoor butchers chopping meat, construction workers laying bricks, delivery men taking the meet to customers, newsmen dancing, chimney sweeps popping out through open vents, men from the fish market and brewery concluding on a carousel adorned with Union Jacks. “Consider Yourself” creates the welcoming...