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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. The parts of the body that create vowel sounds.
Resonance
Story - conflict
Resonators
Open
2. ______ is auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition.
Phrasing
Cold reading
Around age of cave dwellers - use to tell myths - legends - and folktales
Cross
3. Improvisation requires _____ ______ and the ability to use past personal experiences.
Spontaneity imagination
Resonance.
Shared Position
Phrasing
4. A quality caused by vibration that enriches the vocal tone is _______.
Resonance.
Posture
Articulators
Facial expressions - body movements - physical - emotional
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
Ensemble
Cold reading
Facial expressions - body movements - physical - emotional
Tell - show
6. To move from one place onstage is another is called_____.
Consonants are formed by articulators which are the jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - and soft palate.
Cross
Quality
Tell - show
7. Improvisation requires _____ -____ and the ability to use past experiences.
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
Posture
Pantomime
Improvisation requires spontaneity imagination.
8. Intended point of interest onstage
Focus
Cross
Phrasing
Beats
9. ______ is acting without words through facial expression and gesture.
Pantomiming
Script
Beats
Improvisation requires spontaneity imagination.
10. A quality caused by vibration that enriches the vocal tone is _______.
Resonance.
Physical warm-ups help get your body physically and mentally prepared for whatever exercise/ activity you plan to do.
Project
Cold reading
11. an expressive movement of the body or limbs is a ______.
Gesture
Phrasing
Focus
Observe
12. 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
Project
*an action that tells the audience something about the character you are preforming as - a movement that tells a story without words
Pantomime
13. How high or low your voice is ______.
Pitch
Vowels are formed by the hard and soft palate - throat - sinuses - and the vibrations.
Focus
Subtext
14. The clear and precise pronunciation of words is called ___________.
Articulation
Impovise
Volume
Tell - show
15. another way to use improvisation is in _____ _____.
Pantomiming
Character development
Articulators
Similarities - differences
16. 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
Cold Reading
Focus
Subtext
Good posture is... standing up tall with your feet shoulder width apart; allowing yourself to relax completely.
17. ______ is a position onstage in which one actor mirrors another actor's position.
Subtext
Inflection
Vowels are formed by the hard and soft palate - throat - sinuses - and the vibrations.
Character development
18. Vowels are formed by ________ which are the _______ - _____ - _--__ - and the ______.
Resonants - hard palate - soft palate - throat - sinuses
Open
Volume
Impovise
19. _____ is the intended point of interest onstage.
Script
Pitch
Phrasing
Upstage
20. 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.
Similarities - differences
Pitch
Impovise
Script
21. How fast or slow you speak is _____.
Open
Tempo
Improvise
Around age of cave dwellers - use to tell myths - legends - and folktales
22. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before.
Articulators
Cold Reading
Project
Posture
23. The text of the play.
Spontaneity imagination
Script
Inflection
Breathing using diaphram
24. What are the three elements of storytelling?
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25. A position onstage in which one actor mirrors another actor's body position.
Shared Position
Isolate
Similarities - differences
Standing up straight - shoulders back - chin up - imagine body suspended from string
26. What is the purpose of physical warm ups?
Posture
Spontaneity imagination
Cold reading
Loosen muscles - reminds you of space around you - relieves stress - find focus - prepare and energize
27. ______ is a position onstage in which one actor mirrors another actor's position.
Inflection
Tempo
Attention - react - cooperative flexibility
Phrasing
28. 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 _______.
Resonants - hard palate - soft palate - throat - sinuses
Resonance.
Subtext
Inflection
29. What is the purpose of physical warm ups?
Loosen muscles - reminds you of space around you - relieves stress - find focus - prepare and energize
Around age of cave dwellers - use to tell myths - legends - and folktales
Ensemble
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
30. Acting without words through facial expression and gesture.
Resonators
Inflection
Pantomime
Cross
31. Whether your voice is shrill - nasal - raspy - breathy - booming etc_____.
Pantomiming
Quality
Similarities - differences
Cold reading
32. 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 _______.
Subtext
Open
Subtext
Be heard by everyone -convey the character -convey character's emotions
33. How high or low your voice is ______.
Pitch
Spontaneity imagination
Tell - show
Standing up straight - shoulders back - chin up - imagine body suspended from string
34. What are the two types of movement covered in pantomime?
Capabilities - limitations
Consonants are formed by articulators which are the jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - and soft palate.
Upstage
*an action that tells the audience something about the character you are preforming as - a movement that tells a story without words
35. Consonants are formed by _____ which are the ___ -____ -____ -____ and the _______.
Consonants are formed by articulators which are the jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - and soft palate.
Isolate
Sense memory
Gesture
36. ______ is acting without words through facial expression and gesture.
Cold reading
Loosen muscles - reminds you of space around you - relieves stress - find focus - prepare and energize
Pantomiming
Sense memory
37. To move from one place onstage to another.
Cross
articulation
Beats
Pitch
38. To speak or to act without a script
Attention - react - cooperative flexibility
Impovise
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
Quality
39. Consonants are formed by ______ which are the ____ - ____ - _____ - ____ and the _________.
Loosen muscles - reminds you of space around you - relieves stress - find focus - prepare and energize
Articulators - jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - soft palate
Improvisation requires spontaneity imagination.
Consonants are formed by articulators which are the jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - and soft palate.
40. Smaller sections of a scene divided where shifts in emotion or topic occurs
Articulation
Beats
Similarities - differences
Volume
41. Smaller sections of a scene divided where shifts in emotion or topic occurs are called _______.
Phrasing
Diaphragmatic breathing is when your diaphragm closes when you inhale and expands when you exhale.
Posture
Similarities - differences
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.
Similarities - differences
Upstage
Standing up straight - shoulders back - chin up - imagine body suspended from string
Improvisation requires spontaneity imagination.
43. To speak or to act without a script
Impovise
Quality
Script
Script
44. Using a variety in your voice to express your changing thoughts and emotions is called...
Pitch
articulation
In improvisation you must create speeches and actions immediately and without preparation.
Inflection
45. _______ is your customary way of holding your body.
Spontaneity imagination
Script
Focus
Posture
46. an expressive movement of the body or limbs is a ______.
Improvisation requires spontaneity imagination.
Upstage
Breathing using diaphram
Gesture
47. What are the three types of movement covered in pantomime?
Physical warm-ups help get your body physically and mentally prepared for whatever exercise/ activity you plan to do.
Cold reading
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
Spontaneity imagination
48. What are the three jobs your voice must do during a performance?
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49. __________ are the parts of the body that create vowel sounds.
Sense memory
Resonators
Diaphragmatic breathing is when your diaphragm closes when you inhale and expands when you exhale.
Script
50. What is diaphragmatic breathing
Breathing using diaphram
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
Quality