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Freshman Acting
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Study First
Subject
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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. In improvisation you must create _____ and _____ immediately and without preparation.
Story - conflict
Tell - show
articulation
In improvisation you must create speeches and actions immediately and without preparation.
2. __________ are the parts of the body that create vowel sounds.
Physical warm-ups help get your body physically and mentally prepared for whatever exercise/ activity you plan to do.
Resonators
Sense memory
Articulators
3. Using a variety in your voice to express your changing thoughts and emotions is called...
Attention - react - cooperative flexibility
Subtext
Inflection
Similarities - differences
4. 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 _________.
Cross
Cross
Shared position
Cold reading
5. A quality cause by vibration that enriches the vocal tone.
Resonance
Any movement that tells us something important about the character -movement that tells us a story through silent action alone -movement that portrays an activity without using objects
Story - conflict
Pitch
6. What are the three jobs your voice must do during a performance?
7. ______ is a position onstage in which one actor mirrors another actor's position.
Cross
Cross
Volume
Inflection
8. Improvisation requires _____ -____ and the ability to use past experiences.
Improvisation requires spontaneity imagination.
Standing up straight - shoulders back - chin up - imagine body suspended from string
Story - conflict
Cross
9. Consonants are formed by ______ which are the ____ - ____ - _____ - ____ and the _________.
Upstage
Articulators - jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - soft palate
Shared position
Physical warm-ups help get your body physically and mentally prepared for whatever exercise/ activity you plan to do.
10. When was storytelling originated?
Around age of cave dwellers - use to tell myths - legends - and folktales
In improvisation you must create speeches and actions immediately and without preparation.
Shared Position
Subtext
11. What is good posture?
Beats
Good posture is... standing up tall with your feet shoulder width apart; allowing yourself to relax completely.
articulation
Vowels are formed by the hard and soft palate - throat - sinuses - and the vibrations.
12. For successful stage pantomime you must use your _____ and _______ to communicate your reactions - both _____ and _______ to characters - events - objects - and environments.
Improvisation requires spontaneity imagination.
Facial expressions - body movements - physical - emotional
Loosen muscles - reminds you of space around you - relieves stress - find focus - prepare and energize
In improvisation you must create speeches and actions immediately and without preparation.
13. ______ is auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition.
Cross
Impovise
Cold reading
Be heard by everyone -convey the character -convey character's emotions
14. ______ is to make your voice fill the performance space.
Articulators
Posture
Script
Project
15. ____________ is your memory of sights - sounds - smells - tastes - and textures.
Story - conflict
Sense memory
Spontaneity imagination
Loosen muscles - reminds you of space around you - relieves stress - find focus - prepare and energize
16. To speak or to act without a script
Impovise
Diaphragmatic breathing is when your diaphragm closes when you inhale and expands when you exhale.
Beats
Script
17. Vowels are formed by ________ which are the _______ - _____ - _--__ - and the ______.
Focus
Any movement that tells us something important about the character -movement that tells us a story through silent action alone -movement that portrays an activity without using objects
Tempo
Resonants - hard palate - soft palate - throat - sinuses
18. To make your voice fill the performance space.
Resonance
Project
Improvise
Upstage
19. What are the three types of movement covered in pantomime?
Any movement that tells us something important about the character -movement that tells us a story through silent action alone -movement that portrays an activity without using objects
Volume
Isolate
Diaphragmatic breathing is when your diaphragm closes when you inhale and expands when you exhale.
20. Consonants are formed by _____ which are the ___ -____ -____ -____ and the _______.
In improvisation you must create speeches and actions immediately and without preparation.
Subtext
Consonants are formed by articulators which are the jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - and soft palate.
Good posture is... standing up tall with your feet shoulder width apart; allowing yourself to relax completely.
21. Whether your voice is shrill - nasal - raspy - breathy - booming etc_____.
Articulation
Pitch
Volume
Quality
22. Consonants are formed by ______ which are the ____ - ____ - _____ - ____ and the _________.
Resonants - hard palate - soft palate - throat - sinuses
Shared Position
Phrasing
Articulators - jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - soft palate
23. Your customary way of holding your body
Posture
*an action that tells the audience something about the character you are preforming as - a movement that tells a story without words
Articulators
Subtext
24. When was storytelling originated?
Upstage
Open
Around age of cave dwellers - use to tell myths - legends - and folktales
Cross
25. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before.
Cold Reading
Gesture
Good posture is... standing up tall with your feet shoulder width apart; allowing yourself to relax completely.
Pitch
26. A quality cause by vibration that enriches the vocal tone.
Beats
Consonants are formed by articulators which are the jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - and soft palate.
Resonance
Vowels are formed by the hard and soft palate - throat - sinuses - and the vibrations.
27. To keep your face and the front of your body visible to the audience as much as possible.
Shared position
Beats
Improvisation requires spontaneity imagination.
Open
28. Consonants are formed by _____ which are the ___ -____ -____ -____ and the _______.
Consonants are formed by articulators which are the jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - and soft palate.
Observe
Facial expressions - body movements - physical - emotional
Posture
29. What is the purpose of physical warm ups?
Physical warm-ups help get your body physically and mentally prepared for whatever exercise/ activity you plan to do.
Script
Be heard by everyone -convey the character -convey character's emotions
Pantomime
30. ______ is acting without words through facial expression and gesture.
Observe
Storytellers acknowledge the listeners and adpt the story accordingly -storytellers take on many different characters and don't stick to just one -some stories may span many years with int so it takes more than one session to tell
Beats
Pantomiming
31. What are the two types of movement covered in pantomime?
Articulation
*an action that tells the audience something about the character you are preforming as - a movement that tells a story without words
Focus
Shared position
32. To _______ means to set apart or detach.
articulation
Isolate
Cross
Vowels are formed by the hard and soft palate - throat - sinuses - and the vibrations.
33. To speak or to act without a script
Character development
Impovise
Phrasing
Observe
34. The clear and precise pronunciation of words is called....
Script
*an action that tells the audience something about the character you are preforming as - a movement that tells a story without words
Upstage
articulation
35. Intended point of interest onstage
Shared position
Focus
Any movement that tells us something important about the character -movement that tells us a story through silent action alone -movement that portrays an activity without using objects
Be heard by everyone -convey the character -convey character's emotions
36. As you explore how your body moves - you will discover it's ______ and it's _______.
Shared Position
Capabilities - limitations
Inflection
Pantomime
37. Improvisation requires _____ ______ and the ability to use past personal experiences.
Storytellers acknowledge the listeners and adpt the story accordingly -storytellers take on many different characters and don't stick to just one -some stories may span many years with int so it takes more than one session to tell
Phrasing
Spontaneity imagination
Shared Position
38. _______ are the parts of the body that create consonant sounds.
Quality
Vowels are formed by the hard and soft palate - throat - sinuses - and the vibrations.
Character development
Articulators
39. another way to use improvisation is in _____ _____.
Character development
Pantomime
Beats
Physical warm-ups help get your body physically and mentally prepared for whatever exercise/ activity you plan to do.
40. To move from one place onstage to another.
Pantomime
Cross
Cold reading
Focus
41. What are the three elements of storytelling?
42. In improvisation you must create _____ and ______ immediately and without preparation.
Story - conflict
Breathing using diaphram
Beats
In improvisation you must create speeches and actions immediately and without preparation.
43. To develop self awareness - you will need to ________ yourself from the outside and refelct upon yourself from the inside.
articulation
Resonance.
Observe
Script
44. Vowels are formed by _____ which are the _____ -____ -_____ and the ______
Open
Impovise
Vowels are formed by the hard and soft palate - throat - sinuses - and the vibrations.
Project
45. The clear and precise pronunciation of words is called ___________.
Open
articulation
Pitch
Articulation
46. To make your voice fill the performance space.
Upstage
Project
Inflection
Pitch
47. How fast or slow you speak is _____.
Tempo
Observe
Cross
Posture
48. Whether your voice is shrill - nasal - raspy - breathy - booming etc_____.
Quality
Similarities - differences
Articulation
Around age of cave dwellers - use to tell myths - legends - and folktales
49. Stealing focus of a scene.
*an action that tells the audience something about the character you are preforming as - a movement that tells a story without words
Upstage
Resonance
Shared position
50. Through your interactions - you will begin to develop a working - tursting relationships wand to learn what it takes to be a part of an ______ - a group whose individuals function together to create a whole.
Capabilities - limitations
Ensemble
Open
Tempo