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Acting Basics

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. All parts of the actor--body - voice - and mind--work together in an integrated way.






2. 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 -






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






4. 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.






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






6. Stanislavski's classic question. If I were in the situation of the character - and if I wanted what the character wants - what would I do?






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






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






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






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






11. The exchange of action and reaction.






12. 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.






13. 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.






14. The father of the modern actor.






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

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






17. This occurs when: Everything the actor does as the character should grow directly out of the needs of the character - so that the 'inner' world of the character and the 'outer' world of the performance are unified.






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






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






20. 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.






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

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22. 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.'






23. Actresses began to appear on stage.






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






25. 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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. Stanislavski's physical approach to acting.






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






33. 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.






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






35. A person fully committed to an important objective.






36. 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






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






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. A person fully committed to an important objective.






41. The exchange of action and reaction.






42. 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






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






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






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






46. _____ causes an _____ directed toward an __________






47. Stanislavski's physical approach to acting.






48. 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.






49. Stanislavski's classic question. If I were in the situation of the character - and if I wanted what the character wants - what would I do?






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