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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 the character does






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






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






4. What the character does






5. Turn in the direction of your downstage hand






6. Part in a play






7. When actors work on building characterization






8. Full front - or one quarter left or right






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






10. Full front - or one quarter left or right






11. Enter with your upstage foot






12. Where an actor mirrors another actors position






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






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






15. Where the actors acknowledge the audience






16. Make crosses upstage in an upward arc






17. What your character wants






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






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






20. Say your lines quicker after your cue line






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






22. Your voice gets quieter as you say your line






23. Say your lines quicker after your cue line






24. What makes a character do something






25. A complete reading of the play






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






27. The people conducting the auditions






28. The intended point of interest on stage






29. Turn your hand upstage






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






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






32. A characters present circumstances






33. Movements to strengthen the personality of the character






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






35. Present circumstances






36. A complete reading of the play






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






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






39. What part of the body you lead with






40. 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.






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






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






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






44. Bridges between the beats






45. Where actors do not acknowledge the audience






46. To move from one place to another on stage






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






48. Chosen for a role






49. The people conducting the auditions






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