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






2. Where the actors acknowledge the audience






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






4. To mark the floor of the rehearsal space to show the floor plan for the play






5. What the character does






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






7. What part of the body you lead with






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






9. Something preventing the character from getting the objective






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






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






12. What part of the body you lead with






13. What is at risk






14. To move from one place to another on stage






15. When actors work on building characterization






16. How a character overcomes the obstacle






17. Smaller sections of a scene divided where shifts in emotion or topic occur






18. Bridges between the beats






19. Bridges between the beats






20. Control in posture






21. How a character overcomes the obstacle






22. A characters present circumstances






23. What the character does






24. Full front - or one quarter left or right






25. Your voice gets quieter as you say your line






26. Part in a play






27. To keep your face and the front of your body as visible to the audience as much as possible






28. To keep your face and the front of your body as visible to the audience as much as possible






29. 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.






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






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






32. Open the door with your upstage hand






33. 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.






34. A characters present circumstances






35. To mark the floor of the rehearsal space to show the floor plan for the play






36. Where an actor mirrors another actors position






37. Part in a play






38. Chosen for a role






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






40. Where actors do not acknowledge the audience






41. A imaginary wall between the audience and the stage






42. Something preventing the character from getting the objective






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






44. Present circumstances






45. The people conducting the auditions






46. Say your lines quicker after your cue line






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






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






49. Where an actor mirrors another actors position






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