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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. Where the actors acknowledge the audience






2. Turn your hand upstage






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






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






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






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






7. Where the actors acknowledge the audience






8. Movements to strengthen the personality of the character






9. How a character overcomes the obstacle






10. Part in a play






11. Make crosses upstage in an upward arc






12. Chosen for a role






13. What is at risk






14. Your voice gets quieter as you say your line






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






16. Control in posture






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






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






19. What part of the body you lead with






20. Where an actor mirrors another actors position






21. What makes a character do something






22. A characters present circumstances






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






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






25. A imaginary wall between the audience and the stage






26. A imaginary wall between the audience and the stage






27. Chosen for a role






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






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






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






31. The people conducting the auditions






32. Make crosses upstage in an upward arc






33. What the character does






34. Where an actor mirrors another actors position






35. Something preventing the character from getting the objective






36. Your voice gets quieter as you say your line






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






38. What the character does






39. Turn your hand upstage






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






41. Say your lines quicker after your cue line






42. What makes a character do something






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






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






45. A characters present circumstances






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






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






48. Where actors do not acknowledge the audience






49. Bridges between the beats






50. Open the door with your upstage hand