Theatre Test 1

What is improvisation ( write 1)

What is the definition for improvisation?

• a mime convention in which mime" walks" without moving through space

• a type of comedy that includes comedy of manners

• the impromptu portrayal of a character or scene without rehearsal or preparation

• a metal cylinder

What is the definition for illusion of the first time

• a situation in which an audience is led to believe that each performance is the first

• the term used for applying makeup to bring out facial features

• a protective device

• to raise or lower scenery

What is the definition for character-centered approach

• a special traditional way of doing things

• an approach to telling a story that focuses on a character or a group of characters who experience different situations

• a joint that brings together two surfaces

• to move from one position to another onstage

What is the definition for scene stealing?

• A speech delivered by an actor alone onstage that reveals the character's innermost thoughts

• The nervous anticipation some actors feel before going onstage to perform

• A vertical part of a panel or frame

• Calling attention to one's presence onstage and diverting attention way from the main actors

What is the definition for motivated sequence?

• Freshness of acting style

• A term applied to props that are not only decorative but also functional

• The natural way in which a person responds to a stimulus-the brain registers, the body responds and then reacts as mirrored by an actor in an improvisation

• A drop that has its lower middle section removed so that it will mask only the top and sides of the stage; may be built with flats

What are the basic principles of pantomime? (write one)

What are the differences between pantomime and mime? ( Write 2)

What is the definition for pantomime?

• A lull or a stop in dialogue or action in order to sustain emotion

• A type of dimmer board that allows two or more lighting patterns to be set in advance

• Acting without words

• Using objects as a phone or a fork, to project character

What is the definition for mime?

• An offspring of pantomime that conveys abstract ideas; also refers to the person performing mime

• A device that adds outputs to an amplifier

• The words to a song

• Narrow drapes