Evaluating Performance

Evaluating talent is difficult because it is based on:

• Opinion

• Past awards.

• Popularity.

• Mathematical formulas.

A good actor uses their reviews:

• To make improvements before his next performance.

• To get his firewood started.

• To show other actors how good he is.

• To get a raise.

Knowing our strengths, using them well, and taking pride in them is a sign of:

• Carelessness.

• Trouble.

• Self-Absorption.

• Confidence.

Whose evaluations should an actor consider when making an improvement plan?

• Other students.

• Their own.

• The teacher's.

• All of them.

Tyler is a young actor. Which of the following describes the preferred approach for his performance?

• The teacher calls his name, so Tyler looks for his script. He can't find it, so he asks his teacher to make him a copy. After several minutes he takes the stage.

• The teacher calls his name, and Tyler takes his script to the stage saying that he's not ready and wishes he could go later.

• The teacher calls his name, Tyler gives his script to a prompter, and then he takes the stage and waits for the teacher to signal him to begin.

• The teacher calls his name, Tyler gives his script to a prompter, goes to get a drink of water, spits out his gum, and waits by the trash can talking to a friend until the teacher signals that she is ready.

How can you manage your energy with the scene that is following?

• Facial expressions.

• Voice.

• All are correct.

• Action

In order for actors to be heard by everyone in the audience, the actor must:

• Yell.

• Project.

• Stage whisper.

• Use a microphone.

Actors must have very clear speech. Which of the following is not a factor in clear speech?

• Gestures.

• Diction.

• Articulation.

• Projection.

You watch Zach, an actor, speak as though he wants to be heard. He projects, he is articulate and natural, and his voice is pleasant and fits the character. He does not appear to have stage fright. He is said to have vocal .

• Confidence.

• Quality.

• Mastery.

• All are correct.

The way in which an actor uses their body to show age, health, confidence, and so on is called:

• Gestures.

• Blocking.

• Business.

• Posture.