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Acting Motivation

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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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. A position onstage where one actor mirrors another actor's body position






2. A complete reading of the play






3. What the character does






4. Memories of sights - sounds - smells - tastes and textures - used to define a character






5. Turn your hand upstage






6. Where actors do not acknowledge the audience






7. Make crosses upstage in an upward arc






8. A imaginary wall between the audience and the stage






9. Calling upon memories of your own emotions to understand the emotions of a character






10. Auditioning with a script you have not read






11. What is at risk






12. Using your own memories to help understand a characters emotions






13. Information that is implied but not spoken - thoughts or actions






14. Auditioning with a script you have not read






15. Positive attitude - good communication - ask before you change your physical appearance






16. A final line that signals an actor to begin the next speech






17. Present circumstances






18. Chosen for a role






19. To move from one place to another on stage






20. A complete reading of the play






21. Say your lines quicker after your cue line






22. To stand upstage of another actor on a proscenium stage forcing the downstage actor to turn away from the audience to communicate with the actor - stealing the focus of the scene.






23. When you preform actions and they generate an emotion within yourself






24. Move right by moving with your right foot and vice versa with left






25. Something preventing the character from getting the objective






26. Using a one quarter to the person your talking to






27. Movements to strengthen the personality of the character






28. Your memory of sights - smells - tastes - sounds and textures






29. The people conducting the auditions






30. A characteristic gesture






31. What the character does






32. Turn in the direction of your downstage hand






33. What part of the body you lead with






34. Part in a play






35. Your voice gets quieter as you say your line






36. When actors work on building characterization






37. Enter with your upstage foot






38. Enter with your upstage foot






39. Control in posture






40. Using a one quarter to the person your talking to






41. What is at risk






42. Movements to strengthen the personality of the character






43. Information that is implied but not directly stated by the actor- thoughts or actions of a character that do not express the same idea as the spoken words.






44. How a character overcomes the obstacle






45. Something preventing the character from getting the objective






46. Forces the downstage actor to turn away from the audience to communicate with the upstage actor






47. A final line that signals an actor to begin the next speech






48. Chosen for a role






49. Bridges between the beats






50. A story - speech or scene performed by one actor only