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






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






3. What your character wants






4. Say your lines quicker after your cue line






5. 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.






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






7. The people conducting the auditions






8. Where an actor mirrors another actors position






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






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






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






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






13. Auditioning with a script you have not read






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






15. What makes a character do something






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






17. Movements to strengthen the personality of the character






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






19. When actors work on building characterization






20. To move from one place to another on stage






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






22. Turn your hand upstage






23. Where the actors acknowledge the audience






24. Where an actor mirrors another actors position






25. Your voice gets quieter as you say your line






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






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






28. Where actors do not acknowledge the audience






29. A complete reading of the play






30. Part in a play






31. Turn in the direction of your downstage hand






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






33. Control in posture






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






35. Your voice gets quieter as you say your line






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






37. Where actors do not acknowledge the audience






38. Auditioning with a script you have not read






39. 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.






40. Bridges between the beats






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






42. How a character overcomes the obstacle






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






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






45. 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.






46. What part of the body you lead with






47. What the character does






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






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






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