Drama Club Acting Techniques

What is improvisation?

• When you make up dialogue while in character based on the situation

• When you say random things to be funny

Why might we need to use improv during our show?

• If you want to be funny and call someone out for forgetting their line

• If someone forgets a line and you don't want to audience to know

What does projection mean in theater?

• It means that you should loudly and clearly use your voice to say your lines with confidence

• It means that you yell at the audience

• It means that you yell "Fire" in the theater

• It means that you project a picture on the wall

Why is it important to project?

• So your cast members can hear you

• So you can hear the audience

• So the audience can hear you

• None of the above

What are director's notes?

• When Mrs. Flaherty directs Hudson to stop barking.

• When Ms. Kurilew talks about music notes.

• When Mrs. Casey plays notes on the cello.

• When our directors give us a direction about how to say a line with emotion or feeling.

Why is it important that we write down and take our director's notes?

• So we can be silly and do what we want

• So we can be in character and show emotion

What does "acting is reacting" mean?

• You should be in character for all of the performance and reacting nonverbally to the action of the show

• You should only react to situations in the play that apply to you and what you want to react to

Which of the following is an example of "acting is reacting"?

• Mrs. Casey says "You're fired!" and I look at the ceiling.

• Ms. Kurilew says "Ah! I can't believe it". I look surprised too.

• Mrs. Flaherty says, "Hudson stop barking" and I read my book

What does articulation mean as it relates to acting?

• You say nonsense words to the audience

• You clearly speak your lines at a slower pace so the audience can understand

Why is it important to be thinking about these acting techniques while we rehearse and perform?

• So the audience believes that we're in character and the play is real

• So the audience thinks we're funny and laughs at our jokes.

• So the audience feels bad for our characters when the situation calls for it

• All of the above