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Acting Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Three finger widths below your navel. The origin of breath and therefore your voice - as well as all large motions of the body. The undistorted source from which our work begins in order to develop the unique ways of using our bodies and voice requir






2. Won an acting competition in Athens - Greece in 534 B.C. Considered the first actor.






3. The ability to function on more than one level of awareness at a time. Ex: A character pursuing his or her objective simultaneously observing and adjusting the performance for the sake of the spectators.






4. He developed a presentational and overtly theatrical style of acting.






5. Singular - Immediate - & Personal. (SIP)






6. Immediate and urgent needs cause actions in the pursuit of objectives within given circumstances.






7. The reduction of self-consciousness from the total engrossment in a role.






8. An actor devoted to searching for the truth of human behavior. The craft of working 'from the inside out'.

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9. Actresses began to appear on stage.






10. The ability to function on more than one level of awareness at a time. Ex: A character pursuing his or her objective simultaneously observing and adjusting the performance for the sake of the spectators.






11. The ______ is what his or her character does to try to fulfill a need by attaining some objective. Stanislavski spoke of both spiritual (inner) and physical (outer). Note that speaking is one of the most common forms - in other words speaking is doin






12. The reduction of self-consciousness from the total engrossment in a role.






13. The key to almost everything in acting. For an actor - _______ is not a reduction of energy but rather a freeing of energy and a readiness to react. AKA Restful Alertness. The first step in Letting Go. Awareness is at a high level.






14. The great unifier of body - mind - and voice.






15. Showing the audience something about the character instead of simply doing what the character does.






16. Relinquishing too much effort - chronic physical tension - a false voice - preconceptions about the work - personal fear - and most importantly who you already are.






17. The dramatic ______ is what happens in the story - scene - or beat in the most fundamental sense.






18. Finding in the character's situation some need or objective that has true personal significance.






19. The condition of relaxed playfulness that some psychologists say allows for maximum creativity. When the inner parent allows the inner child to come out and play.






20. Although it has a literal - physical dimension - being in a state of________ implies a unified sense of self that allows actions to involve the whole body and be well focused.






21. Actresses began to appear on stage.






22. A person fully committed to an important objective.






23. The ______ is what his or her character does to try to fulfill a need by attaining some objective. Stanislavski spoke of both spiritual (inner) and physical (outer). Note that speaking is one of the most common forms - in other words speaking is doin






24. Becoming the new version of yourself by needing and doing what the character needs and does.






25. The goal of a character pursues through action to satisfy a need. It is best identified using a transitive verb such as - 'to persuade him to give me a territory in town.'






26. The father of the modern actor.






27. Bertolt Brecht's idea that the actor does not become the character completely - but rather demonstrates the character's behavior for the audience while still expressing some attitude about it.






28. Won an acting competition in Athens - Greece in 534 B.C. Considered the first actor.






29. Bertolt Brecht's idea that the actor does not become the character completely - but rather demonstrates the character's behavior for the audience while still expressing some attitude about it.






30. An actor's ability to put himself in the place of another person - both for purposes of observation and for applying the Magic If to a role. It is possible to empathize with someone without sympathizing with that person.






31. The great unifier of body - mind - and voice.






32. Believed the qualities of a good play and a good actor should be: 1) Believable 2) Connect with the audience in a personal way. AKA Empathy 3) Immediacy 4) Communicate 'truthfulness'. Present experiences in a meaningful way relative to the audience.






33. Everything an actor does in a performance has to be _______ by the character's internal need.






34. A person fully committed to an important objective.






35. The dramatic ______ is what happens in the story - scene - or beat in the most fundamental sense.






36. Heightening the drama of an action or scene by making it more significant or urgent.






37. Something a character lacks or wants that drives him to pursue an action to satisfy that lack or desire.






38. _____ causes an _____ directed toward an __________






39. Male choir groups began competing against one another reciting poems at religious festivals in Ancient Greece. Gradually the choir leader began to speak as an individual character and acting was born. As a second actor was added - dialogue emerged -






40. Finding in the character's situation some need or objective that has true personal significance.






41. The quality of an action or performance that makes it seem to be happening right now - before our eyes - as if for the first time.






42. Singular - Immediate - & Personal. (SIP)






43. Recalling a significant moment in your past to fit a character. WARNING: Must be appropriate for the character.






44. Heightening the drama of an action or scene by making it more significant or urgent.






45. Immediate and urgent needs cause actions in the pursuit of objectives within given circumstances.






46. An actor's ability to put himself in the place of another person - both for purposes of observation and for applying the Magic If to a role. It is possible to empathize with someone without sympathizing with that person.






47. Everything an actor does in a performance has to be _______ by the character's internal need.






48. He developed a presentational and overtly theatrical style of acting.






49. Becoming the new version of yourself by needing and doing what the character needs and does.






50. Relinquishing too much effort - chronic physical tension - a false voice - preconceptions about the work - personal fear - and most importantly who you already are.






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