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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. What your character wants






2. Present circumstances






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






4. To move from one place to another on stage






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






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






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






8. Open the door with your upstage hand






9. Bridges between the beats






10. Enter with your upstage foot






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






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






13. How a character overcomes the obstacle






14. Turn in the direction of your downstage hand






15. Where the actors acknowledge the audience






16. Present circumstances






17. A imaginary wall between the audience and the stage






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






19. A characteristic gesture






20. Where actors do not acknowledge the audience






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






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






23. What the character does






24. To move from one place to another on stage






25. Auditioning with a script you have not read






26. What part of the body you lead with






27. Your voice gets quieter as you say your line






28. Part in a play






29. A characteristic gesture






30. Say your lines quicker after your cue line






31. Chosen for a role






32. Make crosses upstage in an upward arc






33. Where actors do not acknowledge the audience






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






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






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






37. A complete reading of the play






38. Movements to strengthen the personality of the character






39. Turn your hand upstage






40. Something preventing the character from getting the objective






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






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






43. A complete reading of the play






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






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






46. What is at risk






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






48. The people conducting the auditions






49. 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.






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