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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. Being asked to come back and see the auditors again






2. What part of the body you lead with






3. How a character overcomes the obstacle






4. A complete reading of the play






5. What the character does






6. Full front - or one quarter left or right






7. Where the actors acknowledge the audience






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






15. The people conducting the auditions






16. Bridges between the beats






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






18. Your voice gets quieter as you say your line






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






20. What the character does






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






22. When actors work on building characterization






23. 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.






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






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






26. What your character wants






27. Turn in the direction of your downstage hand






28. What makes a character do something






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






30. Movements to strengthen the personality of the character






31. Your voice gets quieter as you say your line






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






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






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






35. Control in posture






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






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






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






39. What your character wants






40. Where actors do not acknowledge the audience






41. Enter with your upstage foot






42. Enter with your upstage foot






43. Make crosses upstage in an upward arc






44. Full front - or one quarter left or right






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






46. A imaginary wall between the audience and the stage






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






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






49. Turn in the direction of your downstage hand






50. Chosen for a role