Acting Skills and Conventions

Acting skills are...

• The way in which an actor uses their voice to create a character

• The way in which an actor uses their body to create a character

• The way in which an actor uses both vocal and physical skills to create a character

• Dramatic techniques used to create a piece of theatre

Gesture, facial expression and gait are different...

• Conventions

• Physical Skills

• Vocal Skills

Accent, pitch and volume are examples of...

• Vocal skills

• Physical skills

• Conventions

What is the convention in which one character turns to the audience to reveal what they are thinking/ feeling while the other characters are in a still image

• Monologue

• Mime

• Still image

• Thought-out-loud

What is the physical skill posture? What does it show the audience?

• Where a character is looking. It shows their relationship to the other characters in the scene

• How loud or quiet the character is. It shows their emotions in the scene

• How a character stands or sits. It could show: age, status or emotional state

• The movement of hands, arms and head. It shows how a characters feels or expresses their thoughts.

The physical skill GAIT is...

• How a character walks

• How an actor uses the stage to show their character's status or relationship with other characters

• The pace in which a line of dialogue is spoken

• The way a character uses their hands, arms and head.

A convention is...

• A vocal skill used by an actor to create a character

• A dramatic technique used to create a piece of drama/ tell a story

• a physical skill used by an actor to create a character

An actor or ensemble frozen on stage to communicate meaning to the audience is which convention?

• Thought-out-loud

• Monologue

• Split Scene

• Still image

Which vocal skill does an actor use to emphasise a point for dramatic/ comedic effect?

• Tone of voice

• Pause

• Volume

• Accent

Two scenes happening on stage in different locations is which convention?

• Split scene

• Monologue

• Still image

• Thought-out-loud