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Freshman Acting

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. How you divide your speeches into smaller parts - adding pauses to create emphasis and rhythmic pattern of sounds and silences is _______.






2. The parts of the body that create consonant sounds.






3. ____________ is your memory of sights - sounds - smells - tastes - and textures.






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






5. In improvisation you must also pay close _____ to what your fellow actors are saying and doing so you can ____ accordingly. ____ _____ is also vital for improvisation






6. A position onstage in which one actor mirrors another actor's body position.






7. Information that is implied but not stated directly by a character; thoughts or actions of a character that do not express the same meaning as the spoken words






8. Describe diaphragmatic breathing






9. What is the purpose of physical warm ups?






10. For successful stage pantomime you must use your _____ and _______ to communicate your reactions - both _____ and _______ to characters - events - objects - and environments.






11. another way to use improvisation is in _____ _____.






12. A quality cause by vibration that enriches the vocal tone.






13. To move from one place onstage is another is called_____.






14. A major difference between the traditions of storytelling and theatre is that storytellers generally _____ a story - punctuation it with the imitation of character voices and gestures - while actors generally ____ a show - supply explanation when nec






15. What are the three types of movement covered in pantomime?






16. Using a variety in your voice to express your changing thoughts and emotions is called...






17. Information This is implied but not stated directly by a character; thoughts or actions of a character that do not express the same meaning as the spoken words is _______.






18. To move from one place onstage to another.






19. A position onstage in which one actor mirrors another actor's body position.






20. To _______ means to set apart or detach.






21. Your customary way of holding your body






22. Vowels are formed by ________ which are the _______ - _____ - _--__ - and the ______.






23. To _______ means to set apart or detach.






24. A quality caused by vibration that enriches the vocal tone is _______.






25. What are the two types of movement covered in pantomime?






26. How high or low your voice is






27. In improvisation you must create _____ and _____ immediately and without preparation.






28. The text of the play.






29. _______ are the parts of the body that create consonant sounds.






30. Smaller sections of a scene divided where shifts in emotion or topic occurs






31. Using a variety in your voice to express your changing thoughts and emotions is called...






32. What are the three elements of storytelling?


33. What is the purpose of physical warm ups?






34. The clear and precise pronunciation of words is called ___________.






35. ______ is auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition.






36. Whether your voice is shrill - nasal - raspy - breathy - booming etc_____.






37. Information that is implied but not stated directly by a character; thoughts or actions of a character that do not express the same meaning as the spoken words






38. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before.






39. To stand upstage of another actor on a proscenium stage - forming the downstage actor to turn away from the audience to communicate with the upstage actor; stealing focus of a scene is called _________.






40. Intended point of interest onstage






41. Smaller sections of a scene divided where shifts in emotion or topic occurs are called _______.






42. When was storytelling originated?






43. How fast or slow you speak is _____.






44. How high or low your voice is ______.






45. ______ is to speak or to act without a script.






46. Vowels are formed by _____ which are the _____ -____ -_____ and the ______






47. The parts of the body that create vowel sounds.






48. The clear and precise pronunciation of words is called....






49. Acting without words through facial expression and gesture.






50. When was storytelling originated?