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