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Freshman Acting
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Study First
Subject
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performing-arts
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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.
Ensemble
Cold Reading
Facial expressions - body movements - physical - emotional
Capabilities - limitations
2. 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 _________.
Pantomime
Shared position
Posture
Shared Position
3. The clear and precise pronunciation of words is called ___________.
Articulation
Resonance.
Sense memory
Ensemble
4. To keep your face and the front of your body visible to the audience as much as possible is called remaining ______.
Quality
articulation
Articulators - jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - soft palate
Open
5. an expressive movement of the body or limbs is a ______.
Be heard by everyone -convey the character -convey character's emotions
Resonance
Gesture
Consonants are formed by articulators which are the jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - and soft palate.
6. ______ is to speak or to act without a script.
Improvise
*an action that tells the audience something about the character you are preforming as - a movement that tells a story without words
Standing up straight - shoulders back - chin up - imagine body suspended from string
Upstage
7. Smaller sections of a scene divided where shifts in emotion or topic occurs
Beats
Pantomime
Beats
Sense memory
8. The clear and precise pronunciation of words is called ___________.
Isolate
Articulation
Tell - show
Tell - show
9. Your customary way of holding your body
Standing up straight - shoulders back - chin up - imagine body suspended from string
Posture
Good posture is... standing up tall with your feet shoulder width apart; allowing yourself to relax completely.
Posture
10. To make your voice fill the performance space.
Vowels are formed by the hard and soft palate - throat - sinuses - and the vibrations.
Script
Articulators - jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - soft palate
Project
11. How you divide your speeches into smaller parts - adding pauses to create emphasis and rhythmic pattern of sounds and silences is _______.
Articulators
Cross
Beats
Storytellers acknowledge the listeners and adpt the story accordingly -storytellers take on many different characters and don't stick to just one -some stories may span many years with int so it takes more than one session to tell
12. For successful stage pantomime you must use your _____ and _______ to communicate your reactions - both _____ and _______ to characters - events - objects - and environments.
Script
Ensemble
Facial expressions - body movements - physical - emotional
Physical warm-ups help get your body physically and mentally prepared for whatever exercise/ activity you plan to do.
13. another way to use improvisation is in _____ _____.
Character development
Articulators
Posture
In improvisation you must create speeches and actions immediately and without preparation.
14. _____ is the intended point of interest onstage.
Isolate
Upstage
Pantomime
Cold Reading
15. _______ is your customary way of holding your body.
Similarities - differences
Pitch
Posture
Improvisation requires spontaneity imagination.
16. How high or low your voice is ______.
Pitch
Shared Position
Sense memory
Pantomime
17. ____________ is your memory of sights - sounds - smells - tastes - and textures.
Subtext
Subtext
Sense memory
Cross
18. Smaller sections of a scene divided where shifts in emotion or topic occurs
Beats
Shared Position
Upstage
Subtext
19. What are the three jobs your voice must do during a performance?
20. To _______ means to set apart or detach.
Resonance
Isolate
Storytellers acknowledge the listeners and adpt the story accordingly -storytellers take on many different characters and don't stick to just one -some stories may span many years with int so it takes more than one session to tell
Pantomiming
21. As you explore how your body moves - you will discover it's ______ and it's _______.
Consonants are formed by articulators which are the jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - and soft palate.
Ensemble
Capabilities - limitations
Inflection
22. _____ is the intended point of interest onstage.
Upstage
Open
Phrasing
Shared Position
23. The parts of the body that create vowel sounds.
Resonators
Beats
Gesture
Cross
24. What is the purpose of physical warm ups?
Loosen muscles - reminds you of space around you - relieves stress - find focus - prepare and energize
Cross
Script
Around age of cave dwellers - use to tell myths - legends - and folktales
25. What is the purpose of physical warm ups?
Sense memory
Loosen muscles - reminds you of space around you - relieves stress - find focus - prepare and energize
Inflection
Subtext
26. The parts of the body that create consonant sounds.
Articulators
Tell - show
In improvisation you must create speeches and actions immediately and without preparation.
Cold Reading
27. Describe diaphragmatic breathing
Resonants - hard palate - soft palate - throat - sinuses
Diaphragmatic breathing is when your diaphragm closes when you inhale and expands when you exhale.
Beats
*an action that tells the audience something about the character you are preforming as - a movement that tells a story without words
28. The text of the play is the _____.
Script
Any movement that tells us something important about the character -movement that tells us a story through silent action alone -movement that portrays an activity without using objects
Quality
Resonators
29. A quality cause by vibration that enriches the vocal tone.
Articulators
Consonants are formed by articulators which are the jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - and soft palate.
Breathing using diaphram
Resonance
30. ______ is to make your voice fill the performance space.
Sense memory
Upstage
Volume
Project
31. Whether your voice is shrill - nasal - raspy - breathy - booming etc_____.
Facial expressions - body movements - physical - emotional
Quality
Any movement that tells us something important about the character -movement that tells us a story through silent action alone -movement that portrays an activity without using objects
Resonators
32. Using a variety in your voice to express your changing thoughts and emotions is called ______.
Focus
Character development
Open
Beats
33. How high or low your voice is
Pitch
Improvisation requires spontaneity imagination.
Pitch
Improvise
34. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before.
Tell - show
Cold reading
Observe
Cold Reading
35. A major difference between the traditions of storytelling and theatre is that storytellers generally _____ a story - punctuation it with the imitation of character voices and gestures - while actors generally ____ a show - supply explanation when nec
Pantomime
Upstage
Tell - show
Spontaneity imagination
36. _______ is your customary way of holding your body.
Sense memory
Pantomiming
Volume
Posture
37. Improvisation requires _____ ______ and the ability to use past personal experiences.
Project
Cross
Subtext
Spontaneity imagination
38. How loud or soft your voice is ______.
Gesture
Pitch
Sense memory
Subtext
39. To _______ means to set apart or detach.
Script
Cross
Isolate
Beats
40. 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.
Articulators
Similarities - differences
Subtext
Articulators
41. ______ is a position onstage in which one actor mirrors another actor's position.
Open
Inflection
Cross
Open
42. In improvisation you must create _____ and _____ immediately and without preparation.
Physical warm-ups help get your body physically and mentally prepared for whatever exercise/ activity you plan to do.
In improvisation you must create speeches and actions immediately and without preparation.
Diaphragmatic breathing is when your diaphragm closes when you inhale and expands when you exhale.
Cross
43. Vowels are formed by _____ which are the _____ -____ -_____ and the ______
Vowels are formed by the hard and soft palate - throat - sinuses - and the vibrations.
Around age of cave dwellers - use to tell myths - legends - and folktales
Posture
Shared Position
44. In improvisation you must create _____ and ______ immediately and without preparation.
articulation
Story - conflict
Sense memory
Capabilities - limitations
45. To keep your face and the front of your body visible to the audience as much as possible.
Physical warm-ups help get your body physically and mentally prepared for whatever exercise/ activity you plan to do.
Pitch
Open
Facial expressions - body movements - physical - emotional
46. The parts of the body that create vowel sounds.
Resonators
Resonance.
Pitch
Script
47. A quality caused by vibration that enriches the vocal tone is _______.
Resonators
Tempo
Resonance.
Isolate
48. Improvisation requires _____ -____ and the ability to use past experiences.
Improvisation requires spontaneity imagination.
Upstage
Resonators
Posture
49. What are the three elements of storytelling?
50. Describe diaphragmatic breathing
Resonators
Resonants - hard palate - soft palate - throat - sinuses
Diaphragmatic breathing is when your diaphragm closes when you inhale and expands when you exhale.
Standing up straight - shoulders back - chin up - imagine body suspended from string