Acting Onstage: Non Verbal Communication

Acting Onstage: Non-Verbal Communication

What is the difference between listening and hearing?

Multiple Select

What your mind is thinking, your body will follow. Think carefully about what other actors have to say when they are saying it.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

A good actor is always in charge of their character. They grasp, receive the information, and think about what their character is feeling about what is being said.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Your body language starts to react. Do not respond by just doing what you think to DO - think about what the other actor means when they speak.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

When you are in the moment of performing in a play and a another character speaks, it is important to consider:

• Should you look away?

• Are you excited?

• Are You confused?

• Are you worried?

• All of the Above

Multiple Select

When you are in the moment of performing in a play and a another character speaks, it is important to consider:

• Should you look away?

• Are you excited?

• Are You confused?

• Are you worried?

• Are you disappointed?

Multiple Choice

Processing your feelings is important. When you don't have a line, you need to consider what the other person is saying:

• A. Is it a plan?

• B. Is it a decision.

• C. Is it information?

• D. Is it dirt for your plant?

• Answers A, B, and C.

Multiple Select

Listening with your body is NOT essential when you are acting. To hear the words is acting. It is just about hearing.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Film editors love giving screen time to actors who aren't speaking, but have dynamic body language.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an example of a no-verbal communication skill

• The speed of our speech

• Eye contact

• Language used

• Volume of speech

Multiple Choice

What is non-verbal communication

• communicating with someone by using gestures
• Getting messages across with facial expressions
• Using your body language to convey something to someone else
• All of the above