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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 is at risk






2. Turn your hand upstage






3. 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.






4. Control in posture






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






6. Something preventing the character from getting the objective






7. Turn in the direction of your downstage hand






8. Open the door with your upstage hand






9. A characters present circumstances






10. Auditioning with a script you have not read






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. Your saying the line louder than the person before you






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






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






18. What your character wants






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






20. When actors work on building characterization






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






22. Turn in the direction of your downstage hand






23. Where actors do not acknowledge the audience






24. Where the actors acknowledge the audience






25. Bridges between the beats






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






27. When actors work on building characterization






28. Say your lines quicker after your cue line






29. A imaginary wall between the audience and the stage






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






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






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






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






34. Control in posture






35. Chosen for a role






36. 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.






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






38. What your character wants






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






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






41. What part of the body you lead with






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






43. Bridges between the beats






44. What part of the body you lead with






45. A complete reading of the play






46. 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.






47. Where the actors acknowledge the audience






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






49. A complete reading of the play






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