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Acting Basics

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Finding in the character's situation some need or objective that has true personal significance.






2. 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.






3. Meyerhold. The fusion of mind and body; teaching the 'body how to think'.






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






5. 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.






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






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






8. The father of the modern actor.






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






10. _____ causes an _____ directed toward an __________






11. A person fully committed to an important objective.






12. 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.'






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






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






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






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






17. 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 -






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

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






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






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






22. All parts of the actor--body - voice - and mind--work together in an integrated way.






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






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






25. 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.






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






27. A person fully committed to an important objective.






28. The acceptance of responsibility for your own development through systematic effort.






29. The exchange of action and reaction.






30. The father of the modern actor.






31. 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.






32. 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.






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






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






35. The exchange of action and reaction.






36. 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






37. 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






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






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






40. The physical form of the action of the scene expressed in changing spatial relationships between the characters and their environment.






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






42. German word for power. The actor's physical and vocal tools.






43. 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.






44. A unit of action with it's own specific conflict and crisis. In each one a character has a single objective. They are formed of interactions and flow to create the underlying structure of a scene.






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






46. 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






47. Stanislavski's physical approach to acting.






48. Our relationship to ______ implies internal states to the audience. Ex: Willie Loman with a bent back is hopeless and defeated and losing his battle with _____. In musical theatre it is convention that lovers actually defy _______ by skipping - as if






49. The event itself. It is not 'about' something.






50. 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.'