WorksheetsActing Skills and Conventions
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
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
The emotion in which an actor speaks is which vocal skill?
Volume
Pitch
Pace
Tone of voice
What is the physical skill in which actors uses space to show their relationship with another character/s?
Gesture
Levels
Proxemics
Facial Expressions
What does the physical skill facial expression show about a character?
Thoughts/ emotions
Status
Age
Relationships
A speech made by one character to another character or the audience is which convention?
Thought-out-loud
Monologue
Face in face out
Mime
The different heights of actors in a scene in relation to the floor and each is other is which physical skill?
Posture
Gesture
Gait
Levels
