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Freshman Acting

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Through your interactions - you will begin to develop a working - tursting relationships wand to learn what it takes to be a part of an ______ - a group whose individuals function together to create a whole.






2. What are the three elements of storytelling?


3. Stealing focus of a scene.






4. __________ are the parts of the body that create vowel sounds.






5. another way to use improvisation is in _____ _____.






6. What are the three types of movement covered in pantomime?






7. ____________ is your memory of sights - sounds - smells - tastes - and textures.






8. The text of the play is the _____.






9. To develop self awareness - you will need to ________ yourself from the outside and refelct upon yourself from the inside.






10. Smaller sections of a scene divided where shifts in emotion or topic occurs






11. In improvisation you must also pay close _____ to what your fellow actors are saying and doing so you can ____ accordingly. ____ _____ is also vital for improvisation






12. When was storytelling originated?






13. How you divide your speeches into smaller parts - adding pauses to create emphasis and rhythmic pattern of sounds and silences is _______.






14. To keep your face and the front of your body visible to the audience as much as possible.






15. To make your voice fill the performance space.






16. ______ is to make your voice fill the performance space.






17. What is good posture?






18. To move from one place onstage to another.






19. Information that is implied but not stated directly by a character; thoughts or actions of a character that do not express the same meaning as the spoken words






20. How high or low your voice is






21. Smaller sections of a scene divided where shifts in emotion or topic occurs are called _______.






22. What is diaphragmatic breathing






23. To _______ means to set apart or detach.






24. A quality cause by vibration that enriches the vocal tone.






25. Consonants are formed by _____ which are the ___ -____ -____ -____ and the _______.






26. Information This is implied but not stated directly by a character; thoughts or actions of a character that do not express the same meaning as the spoken words is _______.






27. A quality caused by vibration that enriches the vocal tone is _______.






28. A position onstage in which one actor mirrors another actor's body position.






29. To keep your face and the front of your body visible to the audience as much as possible is called remaining ______.






30. _____ is the intended point of interest onstage.






31. When you understand the _____ and ______ between you and the character you will be portraying - those _______ and ______ can be accentuated by your body and your voice.






32. ______ is auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition.






33. To speak or to act without a script






34. an expressive movement of the body or limbs is a ______.






35. How high or low your voice is






36. The text of the play.






37. Acting without words through facial expression and gesture.






38. How fast or slow you speak is _____.






39. What is the purpose of physical warm ups?






40. Information that is implied but not stated directly by a character; thoughts or actions of a character that do not express the same meaning as the spoken words






41. As you explore how your body moves - you will discover it's ______ and it's _______.






42. To speak or to act without a script






43. A position onstage in which one actor mirrors another actor's body position.






44. Improvisation requires _____ ______ and the ability to use past personal experiences.






45. _______ are the parts of the body that create consonant sounds.






46. To _______ means to set apart or detach.






47. To stand upstage of another actor on a proscenium stage - forming the downstage actor to turn away from the audience to communicate with the upstage actor; stealing focus of a scene is called _________.






48. How you divide your speeches into smaller parts - adding pauses to create emphasis and rhythmic pattern of sounds and silences is _______.






49. ______ is a position onstage in which one actor mirrors another actor's position.






50. What are the three jobs your voice must do during a performance?