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