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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. Auditioning with a script you have not read






2. Something preventing the character from getting the objective






3. Where actors do not acknowledge the audience






4. Enter with your upstage foot






5. A complete reading of the play






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






7. What is at risk






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






9. Present circumstances






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






11. A characters present circumstances






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






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






14. A complete reading of the play






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






16. What makes a character do something






17. A imaginary wall between the audience and the stage






18. Say your lines quicker after your cue line






19. Bridges between the beats






20. How a character overcomes the obstacle






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






22. What part of the body you lead with






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






24. Make crosses upstage in an upward arc






25. Movements to strengthen the personality of the character






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






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






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






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






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






31. Your voice gets quieter as you say your line






32. Make crosses upstage in an upward arc






33. What your character wants






34. Turn your hand upstage






35. To move from one place to another on stage






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






37. Chosen for a role






38. A characters present circumstances






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






40. Part in a play






41. The people conducting the auditions






42. Turn in the direction of your downstage hand






43. Open the door with your upstage hand






44. 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.






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






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






47. A characteristic gesture






48. 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.






49. What is at risk






50. Part in a play