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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. Stealing focus of a scene.






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






3. Your customary way of holding your body






4. How loud or soft your voice is ______.






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






6. 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 _________.






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






8. The text of the play.






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






10. Using a variety in your voice to express your changing thoughts and emotions is called...






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






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






13. The text of the play is the _____.






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






15. Describe diaphragmatic breathing






16. How loud or soft your voice is.






17. How high or low your voice is ______.






18. To _______ means to set apart or detach.






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






20. Your customary way of holding your body






21. How high or low your voice is ______.






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






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

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

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25. What is good posture?






26. How loud or soft your voice is ______.






27. When was storytelling originated?






28. What are the three elements of storytelling?

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






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






31. Vowels are formed by _____ which are the _____ -____ -_____ and the ______






32. Consonants are formed by ______ which are the ____ - ____ - _____ - ____ and the _________.






33. ______ is to speak or to act without a script.






34. What are the three elements of storytelling?

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35. Intended point of interest onstage






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






37. In improvisation you must create _____ and _____ immediately and without preparation.






38. 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 _______.






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






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






41. Stealing focus of a scene.






42. 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.






43. Vowels are formed by _____ which are the _____ -____ -_____ and the ______






44. Acting without words through facial expression and gesture.






45. Vowels are formed by ________ which are the _______ - _____ - _--__ - and the ______.






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






47. What is good posture?






48. 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.






49. What are the two types of movement covered in pantomime?






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