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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 actors do not acknowledge the audience






2. Say your lines quicker after your cue line






3. Turn your hand upstage






4. A complete reading of the play






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






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






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






8. What is at risk






9. Control in posture






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






11. Chosen for a role






12. Where an actor mirrors another actors position






13. Enter with your upstage foot






14. To move from one place to another on stage






15. Where the actors acknowledge the audience






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






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






18. How a character overcomes the obstacle






19. The intended point of interest on stage






20. Full front - or one quarter left or right






21. Enter with your upstage foot






22. A imaginary wall between the audience and the stage






23. What your character wants






24. Your voice gets quieter as you say your line






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






26. What your character wants






27. Bridges between the beats






28. What makes a character do something






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






30. What part of the body you lead with






31. Chosen for a role






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






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






34. Say your lines quicker after your cue line






35. Full front - or one quarter left or right






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






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






38. Bridges between the beats






39. What the character does






40. Auditioning with a script you have not read






41. A characters present circumstances






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






43. Your voice gets quieter as you say your line






44. Control in posture






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. Make crosses upstage in an upward arc






48. Where the actors acknowledge the audience






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






50. Something preventing the character from getting the objective