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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. ______ is auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition.
Articulators - jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - soft palate
Cold reading
Loosen muscles - reminds you of space around you - relieves stress - find focus - prepare and energize
Resonants - hard palate - soft palate - throat - sinuses
2. A position onstage in which one actor mirrors another actor's body position.
Shared Position
Articulators
Sense memory
Beats
3. Using a variety in your voice to express your changing thoughts and emotions is called ______.
Script
Focus
Resonance
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
4. _____ is the intended point of interest onstage.
Gesture
Breathing using diaphram
Upstage
Pitch
5. How high or low your voice is
Pitch
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
Posture
Attention - react - cooperative flexibility
6. The text of the play.
Articulators
Pitch
Beats
Script
7. Smaller sections of a scene divided where shifts in emotion or topic occurs
Pantomime
Tell - show
Beats
Resonators
8. Describe diaphragmatic breathing
Beats
Diaphragmatic breathing is when your diaphragm closes when you inhale and expands when you exhale.
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
Pantomime
9. Using a variety in your voice to express your changing thoughts and emotions is called...
Open
Volume
Loosen muscles - reminds you of space around you - relieves stress - find focus - prepare and energize
Inflection
10. 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
Ensemble
Pitch
Open
11. The text of the play.
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
Ensemble
Script
Improvisation requires spontaneity imagination.
12. To _______ means to set apart or detach.
Pantomime
Subtext
Isolate
Consonants are formed by articulators which are the jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - and soft palate.
13. What are the three jobs your voice must do during a performance?
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14. another way to use improvisation is in _____ _____.
Spontaneity imagination
Open
Character development
Inflection
15. For successful stage pantomime you must use your _____ and _______ to communicate your reactions - both _____ and _______ to characters - events - objects - and environments.
Cross
Posture
Facial expressions - body movements - physical - emotional
Ensemble
16. In improvisation you must create _____ and _____ immediately and without preparation.
Good posture is... standing up tall with your feet shoulder width apart; allowing yourself to relax completely.
Cold reading
Observe
In improvisation you must create speeches and actions immediately and without preparation.
17. What is good posture?
Articulators
Pitch
Focus
Good posture is... standing up tall with your feet shoulder width apart; allowing yourself to relax completely.
18. Smaller sections of a scene divided where shifts in emotion or topic occurs are called _______.
Resonators
Loosen muscles - reminds you of space around you - relieves stress - find focus - prepare and energize
Phrasing
Shared Position
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.
Tempo
Gesture
Pantomiming
20. The clear and precise pronunciation of words is called....
Subtext
articulation
Standing up straight - shoulders back - chin up - imagine body suspended from string
Resonance.
21. another way to use improvisation is in _____ _____.
Ensemble
Character development
Quality
Volume
22. To make your voice fill the performance space.
Similarities - differences
Tempo
Be heard by everyone -convey the character -convey character's emotions
Project
23. 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 _______.
Pitch
Subtext
Diaphragmatic breathing is when your diaphragm closes when you inhale and expands when you exhale.
Pitch
24. To move from one place onstage is another is called_____.
Cross
In improvisation you must create speeches and actions immediately and without preparation.
Facial expressions - body movements - physical - emotional
Project
25. What are the three elements of storytelling?
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26. ______ is a position onstage in which one actor mirrors another actor's position.
Vowels are formed by the hard and soft palate - throat - sinuses - and the vibrations.
Inflection
Script
Beats
27. Stealing focus of a scene.
Focus
Subtext
Shared position
Upstage
28. _______ is your customary way of holding your body.
Script
Diaphragmatic breathing is when your diaphragm closes when you inhale and expands when you exhale.
Posture
Improvisation requires spontaneity imagination.
29. 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
Pitch
Cold reading
Attention - react - cooperative flexibility
Quality
30. Smaller sections of a scene divided where shifts in emotion or topic occurs are called _______.
Focus
Phrasing
Open
In improvisation you must create speeches and actions immediately and without preparation.
31. In improvisation you must create _____ and ______ immediately and without preparation.
Story - conflict
Resonance.
Inflection
Resonants - hard palate - soft palate - throat - sinuses
32. A quality cause by vibration that enriches the vocal tone.
Open
Pantomime
Posture
Resonance
33. ______ is to speak or to act without a script.
Improvise
Open
Resonants - hard palate - soft palate - throat - sinuses
Articulators - jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - soft palate
34. What is good posture?
Be heard by everyone -convey the character -convey character's emotions
Script
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
35. _____ is the intended point of interest onstage.
Cross
Story - conflict
Upstage
Pitch
36. How loud or soft your voice is.
Volume
Resonance
Articulation
Articulators
37. __________ are the parts of the body that create vowel sounds.
Resonators
Pantomime
Cold Reading
Consonants are formed by articulators which are the jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - and soft palate.
38. To speak or to act without a script
Diaphragmatic breathing is when your diaphragm closes when you inhale and expands when you exhale.
Resonance
Open
Impovise
39. As you explore how your body moves - you will discover it's ______ and it's _______.
Capabilities - limitations
Upstage
Shared position
Resonators
40. What are the two types of movement covered in pantomime?
Articulation
Resonants - hard palate - soft palate - throat - sinuses
*an action that tells the audience something about the character you are preforming as - a movement that tells a story without words
Tell - show
41. The clear and precise pronunciation of words is called....
Be heard by everyone -convey the character -convey character's emotions
Volume
articulation
Inflection
42. ______ is a position onstage in which one actor mirrors another actor's position.
Vowels are formed by the hard and soft palate - throat - sinuses - and the vibrations.
Inflection
Diaphragmatic breathing is when your diaphragm closes when you inhale and expands when you exhale.
Improvise
43. 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.
Loosen muscles - reminds you of space around you - relieves stress - find focus - prepare and energize
Subtext
Inflection
44. Stealing focus of a scene.
Vowels are formed by the hard and soft palate - throat - sinuses - and the vibrations.
Articulators
Upstage
Be heard by everyone -convey the character -convey character's emotions
45. For successful stage pantomime you must use your _____ and _______ to communicate your reactions - both _____ and _______ to characters - events - objects - and environments.
Upstage
Cold reading
Facial expressions - body movements - physical - emotional
Pantomime
46. What are the three types of movement covered in pantomime?
Story - conflict
Resonators
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
Resonators
47. What is the purpose of physical warm ups?
Quality
Improvisation requires spontaneity imagination.
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.
48. Improvisation requires _____ -____ and the ability to use past experiences.
Volume
Improvisation requires spontaneity imagination.
Articulators
Pitch
49. ______ is to make your voice fill the performance space.
Quality
Project
Cross
In improvisation you must create speeches and actions immediately and without preparation.
50. Consonants are formed by _____ which are the ___ -____ -____ -____ and the _______.
Pantomime
Consonants are formed by articulators which are the jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - and soft palate.
Isolate
Resonators