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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. When actors work on building characterization






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






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






4. A characteristic gesture






5. Control in posture






6. Turn your hand upstage






7. Where actors do not acknowledge the audience






8. Movements to strengthen the personality of the character






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






10. The intended point of interest on stage






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






12. 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.






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






15. Chosen for a role






16. Your voice gets quieter as you say your line






17. Something preventing the character from getting the objective






18. Open the door with your upstage hand






19. Where an actor mirrors another actors position






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






21. When actors work on building characterization






22. Turn in the direction of your downstage hand






23. Say your lines quicker after your cue line






24. Enter with your upstage foot






25. Where the actors acknowledge the audience






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






27. What the character does






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






29. Open the door with your upstage hand






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






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






32. Where actors do not acknowledge the audience






33. What the character does






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






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






36. A characteristic gesture






37. Part in a play






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






39. A complete reading of the play






40. Make crosses upstage in an upward arc






41. To move from one place to another on stage






42. A imaginary wall between the audience and the stage






43. The people conducting the auditions






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






45. Your voice gets quieter as you say your line






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






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






48. A imaginary wall between the audience and the stage






49. Bridges between the beats






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