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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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1. The parts of the body that create vowel sounds.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. What is good posture?






9. 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






10. To make your voice fill the performance space.






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. Intended point of interest onstage






13. When was storytelling originated?






14. How loud or soft your voice is ______.






15. ______ is acting without words through facial expression and gesture.






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






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






18. The parts of the body that create consonant sounds.






19. ______ is acting without words through facial expression and gesture.






20. What are the three elements of storytelling?

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21. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before.






22. Acting without words through facial expression and gesture.






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






24. Acting without words through facial expression and gesture.






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






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






27. For successful stage pantomime you must use your _____ and _______ to communicate your reactions - both _____ and _______ to characters - events - objects - and environments.






28. To move from one place onstage is another is called_____.






29. How high or low your voice is ______.






30. 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






31. What is the purpose of physical warm ups?






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






33. What is diaphragmatic breathing






34. Describe diaphragmatic breathing






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






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






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






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






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






41. To move from one place onstage to another.






42. Stealing focus of a scene.






43. How loud or soft your voice is ______.






44. _____ is the intended point of interest onstage.






45. What is the purpose of physical warm ups?






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






47. Improvisation requires _____ -____ and the ability to use past experiences.






48. What is good posture?






49. The clear and precise pronunciation of words is called ___________.






50. How fast or slow you speak is _____.