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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. Interview for the play. make an impression and show talent






2. Turn your hand upstage






3. Result of action the characters take to overcome the obstacle






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






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






6. A characters present circumstances






7. Present circumstances






8. To move from one place to another on stage






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






10. Something preventing the character from getting the objective






11. Bridges between the beats






12. Where the actors acknowledge the audience






13. Enter with your upstage foot






14. Being asked to come back and see the auditors again






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






16. What your character wants






17. A imaginary wall between the audience and the stage






18. Your voice gets quieter as you say your line






19. Open the door with your upstage hand






20. What makes a character do something






21. Turn your hand upstage






22. Open the door with your upstage hand






23. 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.






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






25. Say your lines quicker after your cue line






26. The part of a characters's body that leads in movements - and reflects the nature of the character






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






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






29. Movements to strengthen the personality of the character






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






31. Result of action the characters take to overcome the obstacle






32. To move from one place to another on stage






33. The part of a characters's body that leads in movements - and reflects the nature of the character






34. What the character does






35. Auditioning with a script you have not read






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






37. Movements to strengthen the personality of the character






38. A imaginary wall between the audience and the stage






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






40. Control in posture






41. Where actors do not acknowledge the audience






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






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






44. How a character overcomes the obstacle






45. The intended point of interest on stage






46. Where the actors acknowledge the audience






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






48. The intended point of interest on stage






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






50. When actors work on building characterization