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Freshman Acting

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ______ is a position onstage in which one actor mirrors another actor's position.






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






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






4. What is the purpose of physical warm ups?






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






6. To keep your face and the front of your body visible to the audience as much as possible is called remaining ______.






7. How high or low your voice is ______.






8. 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 _________.






9. In improvisation you must create _____ and ______ immediately and without preparation.






10. ______ is acting without words through facial expression and gesture.






11. ______ is a position onstage in which one actor mirrors another actor's position.






12. 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






13. __________ are the parts of the body that create vowel sounds.






14. How loud or soft your voice is ______.






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






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






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






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






19. As you explore how your body moves - you will discover it's ______ and it's _______.






20. The text of the play.






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






22. To move from one place onstage to another.






23. an expressive movement of the body or limbs is a ______.






24. How high or low your voice is ______.






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






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






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






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






29. What is diaphragmatic breathing






30. Your customary way of holding your body






31. Intended point of interest onstage






32. The text of the play.






33. 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 _______.






34. To speak or to act without a script






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






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






37. To make your voice fill the performance space.






38. When was storytelling originated?






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






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






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






42. To _______ means to set apart or detach.






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






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






45. What is good posture?






46. Acting without words through facial expression and gesture.






47. Improvisation requires _____ -____ and the ability to use past experiences.






48. 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






49. Consonants are formed by _____ which are the ___ -____ -____ -____ and the _______.






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