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