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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. Make crosses upstage in an upward arc






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






3. Bridges between the beats






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






5. Your voice gets quieter as you say your line






6. Full front - or one quarter left or right






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






8. Open the door with your upstage hand






9. Where the actors acknowledge the audience






10. 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.






11. Where an actor mirrors another actors position






12. A characters present circumstances






13. The people conducting the auditions






14. How a character overcomes the obstacle






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






16. Where the actors acknowledge the audience






17. 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.






18. Something preventing the character from getting the objective






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






20. When actors work on building characterization






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






22. What the character does






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






24. Turn your hand upstage






25. What your character wants






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






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






28. 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.






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






30. Make crosses upstage in an upward arc






31. Present circumstances






32. Turn in the direction of your downstage hand






33. Where actors do not acknowledge the audience






34. Auditioning with a script you have not read






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






36. The intended point of interest on stage






37. Full front - or one quarter left or right






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






39. To move from one place to another on stage






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






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






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






43. What makes a character do something






44. What your character wants






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






46. Where actors do not acknowledge the audience






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






48. A imaginary wall between the audience and the stage






49. Control in posture






50. What part of the body you lead with