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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. A characteristic gesture






2. What your character wants






3. Chosen for a role






4. How a character overcomes the obstacle






5. How a character overcomes the obstacle






6. Make crosses upstage in an upward arc






7. Part in a play






8. Where an actor mirrors another actors position






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






10. The people conducting the auditions






11. When actors work on building characterization






12. Where the actors acknowledge the audience






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






14. A complete reading of the play






15. Movements to strengthen the personality of the character






16. Movements to strengthen the personality of the character






17. Make crosses upstage in an upward arc






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






19. When actors work on building characterization






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






21. What makes a character do something






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






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






24. Turn in the direction of your downstage hand






25. Open the door with your upstage hand






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






27. Auditioning with a script you have not read






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






29. Enter with your upstage foot






30. 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.






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






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






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






34. Say your lines quicker after your cue line






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






36. What is at risk






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






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






39. Something preventing the character from getting the objective






40. Where actors do not acknowledge the audience






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






42. 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.






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






44. A imaginary wall between the audience and the stage






45. What part of the body you lead with






46. Your voice gets quieter as you say your line






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






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






49. Where an actor mirrors another actors position






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