Drama Quiz: Voice and Movement

The process of planning movements in a play is called

• blocking

• planning

• directing

• staging

Using all vocal elements to effectively and clearly communicate with the audience is called

• shouting

• projecting

• stage whispering

• diction

If the director tells the actor to “open up”, what are they telling the actor to do?

• exit the stage

• turn away from the audience

• turn toward the audience

• tell all your darkest secrets

If you are moving toward the audience, you are walking

• upstage

• downstage

• stage left

• stage right

If you are moving away from the audience, you are walking

• upstage

• downstage

• stage left

• stage right

When blocking a scene, you should do this to make the scene visually interesting.

• use flexibility

• decorate with scenery

• vary the levels and planes

• vary the rate

Full front, profile, 1/4 right, etc. are examples of…

• projection

• poise

• acting postitions

• planes

Which of the following vocal elements best prevent an actor from sounding monotone?

• quality and pitch

• inflection and flexibility

• projection and enunciation

• poise and volume

An actor's effective control of all body and vocal elements is

• projection

• control

• poise

• pitch

True or False? Acting areas are determined by the audience’s left and right.

• true

• false