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






2. Say your lines quicker after your cue line






3. Where an actor mirrors another actors position






4. 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.






5. Where actors do not acknowledge the audience






6. What the character does






7. The intended point of interest on stage






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






9. When actors work on building characterization






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






11. Bridges between the beats






12. The people conducting the auditions






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






14. What your character wants






15. Present circumstances






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






17. To move from one place to another on stage






18. Memories of sights - sounds - smells - tastes and textures - used to define a character






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






20. Present circumstances






21. Turn your hand upstage






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






23. Say your lines quicker after your cue line






24. Your voice gets quieter as you say your line






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






26. Auditioning with a script you have not read






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






28. Memories of sights - sounds - smells - tastes and textures - used to define a character






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






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






31. How a character overcomes the obstacle






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






33. Control in posture






34. Bridges between the beats






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






36. To move from one place to another on stage






37. 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.






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






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






40. What part of the body you lead with






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






42. Part in a play






43. A imaginary wall between the audience and the stage






44. Part in a play






45. 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.






46. Your voice gets quieter as you say your line






47. What your character wants






48. Something preventing the character from getting the objective






49. Full front - or one quarter left or right






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