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Acting Motivation
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performing-arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A imaginary wall between the audience and the stage
presentational style
fourth wall
cross
keeping open on stage while crossing
2. Move right by moving with your right foot and vice versa with left
3 ways to have a positive relationship with your director
Keeping open on stage while moving left or right
sense memory
outcome
3. Forces the downstage actor to turn away from the audience to communicate with the upstage actor
Upstaging
role
subtext
fourth wall
4. A characteristic gesture
emotional memory
stage business
keeping open on stage while crossing
master gesture
5. Full front - or one quarter left or right
Keeping open on stage while standing
poise
Leading center
motivation
6. Turn in the direction of your downstage hand
representational style
audition
outcome
keeping open on stage while turning
7. A imaginary wall between the audience and the stage
fourth wall
audition
cast
Shared position
8. What part of the body you lead with
leading center
Keeping open on a proscenium stage while
read through
stage business
9. To move from one place to another on stage
objective
Emotional Memory
objective
cross
10. Present circumstances
keeping open on stage while crossing
status quo
keep open on stage while entering through doors
monologue
11. 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.
keep open on stage while entering through doors
pick up your cues
upstage
Keeping open on stage while standing
12. Control in posture
Emotional Memory
poise
stakes
shared position
13. A position onstage where one actor mirrors another actor's body position
Keeping open on a proscenium stage while
Sense memory
shared position
poise
14. Turn your hand upstage
subtext
Keeping open on stage while gesturing
your topping the line
transitions
15. Present circumstances
status quo
Acting Generated emotion
Upstaging
Acting Generated emotion
16. What makes a character do something
Upstaging
stage business
auditors
motivation
17. When you preform actions and they generate an emotion within yourself
strategy
Acting Generated emotion
poise
stage business
18. How a character overcomes the obstacle
audition
cross
role
strategy
19. Where actors do not acknowledge the audience
open
obstacle
Upstaging
representational style
20. Enter with your upstage foot
Keeping open on stage while moving left or right
keep open on stage while entering
auditors
cue line
21. 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.
master gesture
representational style
role
upstage
22. Using a one quarter to the person your talking to
open
status quo
cold reading
Keeping open on a proscenium stage while
23. A characters present circumstances
Keeping open on stage while moving left or right
subtext
open
Status quo
24. Bridges between the beats
fourth wall
leading center
transitions
keep open on stage while entering
25. The people conducting the auditions
working rehearsal
Keeping open on stage while standing
keeping open on stage while turning
auditors
26. Your voice gets quieter as you say your line
upstage
working rehearsal
obstacle
your dropping line
27. To mark the floor of the rehearsal space to show the floor plan for the play
Spiking the set
your dropping line
role
pick up your cues
28. To keep your face and the front of your body as visible to the audience as much as possible
transitions
stage business
Beats
open
29. Your memory of sights - smells - tastes - sounds and textures
Shared position
keeping open on stage while turning
sense memory
emotional memory
30. Full front - or one quarter left or right
role
Status quo
Keeping open on stage while standing
your dropping line
31. Information that is implied but not spoken - thoughts or actions
leading center
Emotional Memory
upstage
subtext
32. Using your own memories to help understand a characters emotions
shared position
Emotional Memory
pick up your cues
action
33. When actors work on building characterization
Acting Generated emotion
Keeping open on stage while standing
cold reading
working rehearsal
34. Enter with your upstage foot
keep open on stage while entering
Emotional Memory
focus
role
35. A complete reading of the play
cold reading
read through
Keeping open on stage while standing
Emotional Memory
36. Auditioning with a script you have not read
obstacle
leading center
open
cold reading
37. Chosen for a role
obstacle
cast
your dropping line
objective
38. Auditioning with a script you have not read
cold reading
shared position
keep open on stage while entering through doors
action
39. When actors work on building characterization
Beats
keeping open on stage while turning
working rehearsal
transitions
40. What makes a character do something
subtext
motivation
focus
Keeping open on stage while standing
41. Being asked to come back and see the auditors again
action
callback
fourth wall
Shared position
42. Move right by moving with your right foot and vice versa with left
Keeping open on a proscenium stage while
Keeping open on stage while moving left or right
stakes
Emotional Memory
43. Using a one quarter to the person your talking to
Keeping open on a proscenium stage while
motivation
your dropping line
cast
44. Open the door with your upstage hand
keep open on stage while entering through doors
objective
presentational style
subtext
45. Your voice gets quieter as you say your line
presentational style
Upstaging
your dropping line
motivation
46. The intended point of interest on stage
monologue
motivation
focus
upstage
47. Movements to strengthen the personality of the character
Sense memory
stage business
motivation
cue line
48. Something preventing the character from getting the objective
keep open on stage while entering through doors
Keeping open on a proscenium stage while
obstacle
Keeping open on stage while standing
49. Result of action the characters take to overcome the obstacle
outcome
cold reading
3 ways to have a positive relationship with your director
representational style
50. Say your lines quicker after your cue line
Leading center
pick up your cues
presentational style
emotional memory
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