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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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1. Improvisation requires _____ -____ and the ability to use past experiences.
Improvisation requires spontaneity imagination.
Attention - react - cooperative flexibility
Breathing using diaphram
Subtext
2. ______ is to make your voice fill the performance space.
Project
Project
Resonants - hard palate - soft palate - throat - sinuses
Cross
3. A quality cause by vibration that enriches the vocal tone.
Beats
Open
Resonance
Articulation
4. To keep your face and the front of your body visible to the audience as much as possible.
Open
Subtext
Pantomime
Open
5. 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
Gesture
Tell - show
Around age of cave dwellers - use to tell myths - legends - and folktales
Be heard by everyone -convey the character -convey character's emotions
6. Vowels are formed by _____ which are the _____ -____ -_____ and the ______
Vowels are formed by the hard and soft palate - throat - sinuses - and the vibrations.
Phrasing
Inflection
Spontaneity imagination
7. What is the purpose of physical warm ups?
Loosen muscles - reminds you of space around you - relieves stress - find focus - prepare and energize
Cross
Project
Diaphragmatic breathing is when your diaphragm closes when you inhale and expands when you exhale.
8. What is the purpose of physical warm ups?
Open
Resonance.
Observe
Loosen muscles - reminds you of space around you - relieves stress - find focus - prepare and energize
9. As you explore how your body moves - you will discover it's ______ and it's _______.
Sense memory
Inflection
Cross
Capabilities - limitations
10. _______ is your customary way of holding your body.
Beats
Observe
Posture
Subtext
11. Intended point of interest onstage
Vowels are formed by the hard and soft palate - throat - sinuses - and the vibrations.
Focus
Inflection
Pitch
12. The text of the play is the _____.
Posture
Resonants - hard palate - soft palate - throat - sinuses
Project
Script
13. How high or low your voice is ______.
Pitch
Subtext
Standing up straight - shoulders back - chin up - imagine body suspended from string
Script
14. 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
Cross
Project
Subtext
Inflection
15. 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.
Story - conflict
Pitch
Resonants - hard palate - soft palate - throat - sinuses
Similarities - differences
16. To _______ means to set apart or detach.
Isolate
Articulators
Focus
Attention - react - cooperative flexibility
17. What is good posture?
Story - conflict
Capabilities - limitations
Diaphragmatic breathing is when your diaphragm closes when you inhale and expands when you exhale.
Good posture is... standing up tall with your feet shoulder width apart; allowing yourself to relax completely.
18. Improvisation requires _____ ______ and the ability to use past personal experiences.
Project
Quality
Shared Position
Spontaneity imagination
19. __________ are the parts of the body that create vowel sounds.
articulation
Story - conflict
Open
Resonators
20. The parts of the body that create vowel sounds.
Pantomime
Resonators
Upstage
Cross
21. What are the three types of movement covered in pantomime?
Pitch
Impovise
Breathing using diaphram
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
22. 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
Impovise
Upstage
Attention - react - cooperative flexibility
Breathing using diaphram
23. The clear and precise pronunciation of words is called....
Cross
articulation
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
Resonance.
24. What are the two types of movement covered in pantomime?
Capabilities - limitations
*an action that tells the audience something about the character you are preforming as - a movement that tells a story without words
Posture
Vowels are formed by the hard and soft palate - throat - sinuses - and the vibrations.
25. _______ are the parts of the body that create consonant sounds.
Cross
Beats
Subtext
Articulators
26. What are the three elements of storytelling?
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27. To make your voice fill the performance space.
Shared Position
Story - conflict
Resonance.
Project
28. Describe diaphragmatic breathing
Similarities - differences
Pitch
Inflection
Diaphragmatic breathing is when your diaphragm closes when you inhale and expands when you exhale.
29. As you explore how your body moves - you will discover it's ______ and it's _______.
Subtext
Shared Position
Capabilities - limitations
articulation
30. To move from one place onstage is another is called_____.
Cross
Gesture
Loosen muscles - reminds you of space around you - relieves stress - find focus - prepare and energize
Pantomiming
31. Stealing focus of a scene.
Posture
Beats
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
Upstage
32. How high or low your voice is
Gesture
Improvisation requires spontaneity imagination.
Resonants - hard palate - soft palate - throat - sinuses
Pitch
33. Using a variety in your voice to express your changing thoughts and emotions is called ______.
Resonance
Open
Improvisation requires spontaneity imagination.
Focus
34. When was storytelling originated?
Shared position
Spontaneity imagination
Around age of cave dwellers - use to tell myths - legends - and folktales
Loosen muscles - reminds you of space around you - relieves stress - find focus - prepare and energize
35. To move from one place onstage is another is called_____.
Facial expressions - body movements - physical - emotional
Inflection
Shared Position
Cross
36. What are the two types of movement covered in pantomime?
*an action that tells the audience something about the character you are preforming as - a movement that tells a story without words
Gesture
Around age of cave dwellers - use to tell myths - legends - and folktales
Open
37. Using a variety in your voice to express your changing thoughts and emotions is called ______.
Focus
Volume
Pitch
Posture
38. _____ is the intended point of interest onstage.
Resonance
Beats
Upstage
Script
39. How loud or soft your voice is.
Pantomiming
Volume
Script
Focus
40. How loud or soft your voice is ______.
Beats
Pitch
*an action that tells the audience something about the character you are preforming as - a movement that tells a story without words
Tell - show
41. In improvisation you must create _____ and _____ immediately and without preparation.
In improvisation you must create speeches and actions immediately and without preparation.
Inflection
Shared Position
Subtext
42. For successful stage pantomime you must use your _____ and _______ to communicate your reactions - both _____ and _______ to characters - events - objects - and environments.
Tell - show
Facial expressions - body movements - physical - emotional
Focus
Standing up straight - shoulders back - chin up - imagine body suspended from string
43. Acting without words through facial expression and gesture.
Facial expressions - body movements - physical - emotional
Attention - react - cooperative flexibility
Volume
Pantomime
44. Whether your voice is shrill - nasal - raspy - breathy - booming etc_____.
Loosen muscles - reminds you of space around you - relieves stress - find focus - prepare and energize
Quality
Volume
Articulation
45. How high or low your voice is ______.
Spontaneity imagination
Improvise
Consonants are formed by articulators which are the jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - and soft palate.
Pitch
46. Consonants are formed by ______ which are the ____ - ____ - _____ - ____ and the _________.
Upstage
Articulators - jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - soft palate
Gesture
Good posture is... standing up tall with your feet shoulder width apart; allowing yourself to relax completely.
47. Vowels are formed by _____ which are the _____ -____ -_____ and the ______
Subtext
Volume
Inflection
Vowels are formed by the hard and soft palate - throat - sinuses - and the vibrations.
48. an expressive movement of the body or limbs is a ______.
Loosen muscles - reminds you of space around you - relieves stress - find focus - prepare and energize
Gesture
*an action that tells the audience something about the character you are preforming as - a movement that tells a story without words
Vowels are formed by the hard and soft palate - throat - sinuses - and the vibrations.
49. The text of the play.
Upstage
Subtext
Script
Resonance
50. To develop self awareness - you will need to ________ yourself from the outside and refelct upon yourself from the inside.
Cold Reading
Vowels are formed by the hard and soft palate - throat - sinuses - and the vibrations.
Improvise
Observe