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Acting Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






3. _____ causes an _____ directed toward an __________






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






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






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






7. 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.






8. 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.






9. 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.






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






11. 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 -






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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. 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






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






22. A person fully committed to an important objective.






23. 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.






24. Actresses began to appear on stage.






25. 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.






26. The father of the modern actor.






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






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






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

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






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






32. Actresses began to appear on stage.






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. 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.'






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. 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.






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. 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 -






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






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






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






50. 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.







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