Term Test 2/22

The position of the actor in relation to the audience. (full back, full front, profile left or right, quarter turn left or right, 3/4 turn left or right ).

• Actor's positions
• Blocking
• Full Front
• Mugging

Enunciating, vowel and consonant sounds clearly enough for the entire audience to understand.

• Articulation
• Speaking
• Projecting
• Gibberish

A small unit of action for a character, signaling a change in mood, intention, or tactic.

• Beat
• Pause
• Wave
• Gesture

To turn in face out to the audience; to adjust one's position, so other performers can also be seen.

• Cheat
• Full Front
• Full Position
• Exaggerate

To move from one area of the stage to another.

• Cross
• Run
• Blocking
• Cue

A word, breeze, or action that signals to a performer to begin a line, insurance, exit, or action; a signal for a change in lighting, sound, or special effects.

• Cue
• Spot
• Timing
• Cross

To make more dramatic or expressive; to heighten, magnify, or embellish.

• Exaggerate
• Be Big
• Stage Presence
• Cheat

An expressive movement with the hand or body the communicating idea

• Gesture
• Wave
• Sign Lanaugage
• Beat

An expressive language to communicate ideas or feelings through spontaneous, made up, sounds and gestures.

• Gibberish
• Pig Latin
• Nonsence
• Articulation

Using excessive, exaggerated facial expressions.

• Mugging
• Face Talk
• Actors Tool
• Actor's positions