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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is the purpose of physical warm ups?
Physical warm-ups help get your body physically and mentally prepared for whatever exercise/ activity you plan to do.
articulation
Quality
Sense memory
2. Describe diaphragmatic breathing
Diaphragmatic breathing is when your diaphragm closes when you inhale and expands when you exhale.
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
Tell - show
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
3. ______ is acting without words through facial expression and gesture.
Inflection
Pantomiming
Similarities - differences
Resonators
4. To develop self awareness - you will need to ________ yourself from the outside and refelct upon yourself from the inside.
Observe
Loosen muscles - reminds you of space around you - relieves stress - find focus - prepare and energize
Attention - react - cooperative flexibility
Character development
5. Using a variety in your voice to express your changing thoughts and emotions is called ______.
Character development
Resonators
Focus
Ensemble
6. As you explore how your body moves - you will discover it's ______ and it's _______.
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
Capabilities - limitations
Pitch
Resonators
7. To make your voice fill the performance space.
Project
Beats
Articulators
Story - conflict
8. __________ are the parts of the body that create vowel sounds.
Resonators
Tempo
Inflection
Subtext
9. Smaller sections of a scene divided where shifts in emotion or topic occurs
Good posture is... standing up tall with your feet shoulder width apart; allowing yourself to relax completely.
Beats
Resonance
Breathing using diaphram
10. A quality cause by vibration that enriches the vocal tone.
Subtext
articulation
Posture
Resonance
11. 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.
Improvisation requires spontaneity imagination.
Consonants are formed by articulators which are the jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - and soft palate.
Observe
Similarities - differences
12. In improvisation you must create _____ and _____ immediately and without preparation.
In improvisation you must create speeches and actions immediately and without preparation.
Posture
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
Spontaneity imagination
13. _______ are the parts of the body that create consonant sounds.
Articulators
Open
Attention - react - cooperative flexibility
Vowels are formed by the hard and soft palate - throat - sinuses - and the vibrations.
14. ______ is to make your voice fill the performance space.
Posture
Project
articulation
Focus
15. Vowels are formed by _____ which are the _____ -____ -_____ and the ______
Volume
Vowels are formed by the hard and soft palate - throat - sinuses - and the vibrations.
Observe
Resonants - hard palate - soft palate - throat - sinuses
16. When was storytelling originated?
Around age of cave dwellers - use to tell myths - legends - and folktales
Vowels are formed by the hard and soft palate - throat - sinuses - and the vibrations.
Diaphragmatic breathing is when your diaphragm closes when you inhale and expands when you exhale.
Improvise
17. To _______ means to set apart or detach.
Isolate
Around age of cave dwellers - use to tell myths - legends - and folktales
Articulators - jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - soft palate
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
18. __________ are the parts of the body that create vowel sounds.
Resonators
Shared position
Tell - show
Pantomime
19. 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.
Shared Position
Attention - react - cooperative flexibility
Ensemble
Resonance
20. What is good posture?
Articulation
Good posture is... standing up tall with your feet shoulder width apart; allowing yourself to relax completely.
Consonants are formed by articulators which are the jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - and soft palate.
Inflection
21. ____________ is your memory of sights - sounds - smells - tastes - and textures.
Sense memory
Articulators - jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - soft palate
Observe
Resonance
22. How high or low your voice is
Pitch
Pitch
Focus
Pitch
23. A position onstage in which one actor mirrors another actor's body position.
Isolate
Consonants are formed by articulators which are the jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - and soft palate.
Observe
Shared Position
24. To keep your face and the front of your body visible to the audience as much as possible is called remaining ______.
Open
Loosen muscles - reminds you of space around you - relieves stress - find focus - prepare and energize
Pitch
Subtext
25. ______ is acting without words through facial expression and gesture.
Upstage
Pantomiming
Subtext
Capabilities - limitations
26. How fast or slow you speak is _____.
Story - conflict
Vowels are formed by the hard and soft palate - throat - sinuses - and the vibrations.
Open
Tempo
27. Improvisation requires _____ ______ and the ability to use past personal experiences.
Pantomiming
Spontaneity imagination
Breathing using diaphram
Improvisation requires spontaneity imagination.
28. Vowels are formed by ________ which are the _______ - _____ - _--__ - and the ______.
Pantomiming
Cross
Breathing using diaphram
Resonants - hard palate - soft palate - throat - sinuses
29. 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.
Impovise
Breathing using diaphram
Cold Reading
Ensemble
30. Improvisation requires _____ ______ and the ability to use past personal experiences.
Pitch
Shared Position
Spontaneity imagination
Vowels are formed by the hard and soft palate - throat - sinuses - and the vibrations.
31. What are the three types of movement covered in pantomime?
Open
Posture
Facial expressions - body movements - physical - emotional
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
32. Vowels are formed by _____ which are the _____ -____ -_____ and the ______
Beats
Vowels are formed by the hard and soft palate - throat - sinuses - and the vibrations.
Improvise
Articulation
33. The parts of the body that create vowel sounds.
Breathing using diaphram
Volume
Resonators
Beats
34. Consonants are formed by _____ which are the ___ -____ -____ -____ and the _______.
Improvise
Cold Reading
Consonants are formed by articulators which are the jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - and soft palate.
Improvisation requires spontaneity imagination.
35. Vowels are formed by ________ which are the _______ - _____ - _--__ - and the ______.
*an action that tells the audience something about the character you are preforming as - a movement that tells a story without words
Resonants - hard palate - soft palate - throat - sinuses
Project
Vowels are formed by the hard and soft palate - throat - sinuses - and the vibrations.
36. 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
Loosen muscles - reminds you of space around you - relieves stress - find focus - prepare and energize
Project
Spontaneity imagination
37. The text of the play is the _____.
Be heard by everyone -convey the character -convey character's emotions
Script
Isolate
Character development
38. ______ is auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition.
Cold reading
Articulation
Pantomime
Improvisation requires spontaneity imagination.
39. How loud or soft your voice is.
Volume
Gesture
Posture
Script
40. What are the three jobs your voice must do during a performance?
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41. Smaller sections of a scene divided where shifts in emotion or topic occurs are called _______.
Phrasing
Project
Cross
Posture
42. A quality cause by vibration that enriches the vocal tone.
Ensemble
Spontaneity imagination
Spontaneity imagination
Resonance
43. Improvisation requires _____ -____ and the ability to use past experiences.
Improvisation requires spontaneity imagination.
Tell - show
Ensemble
Tell - show
44. ______ is a position onstage in which one actor mirrors another actor's position.
Impovise
Story - conflict
Consonants are formed by articulators which are the jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - and soft palate.
Inflection
45. The clear and precise pronunciation of words is called....
Breathing using diaphram
Standing up straight - shoulders back - chin up - imagine body suspended from string
Facial expressions - body movements - physical - emotional
articulation
46. 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
Posture
Tell - show
Pitch
Capabilities - limitations
47. How high or low your voice is ______.
Quality
Pitch
Pantomime
In improvisation you must create speeches and actions immediately and without preparation.
48. What is good posture?
Shared position
Standing up straight - shoulders back - chin up - imagine body suspended from string
Vowels are formed by the hard and soft palate - throat - sinuses - and the vibrations.
Pitch
49. How loud or soft your voice is ______.
Script
Volume
Upstage
Pitch
50. To speak or to act without a script
Articulation
Loosen muscles - reminds you of space around you - relieves stress - find focus - prepare and energize
Impovise
Good posture is... standing up tall with your feet shoulder width apart; allowing yourself to relax completely.