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Different Acting Techniques

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 12mins

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Class
Date
1.

Where was Konstantin Stanislavski originated from?

a)

America

b)

Spain

c)

Russia

d)

France

2.

What is considered as the base of Stanislavski's Approach?

a)

The Audience doesn't connect when actors in a play do Melodrama

b)

The Audience is simply not sitting for Clapping at the end of Performance

c)

The Audience will connect with the actor when they feel it is a Real Action

d)

The Audience should connect with the play irrespective of the actions of Actor

3.

Define the Term "Emotion Memory" that Stanislavski talks about in his Acting Method Technique?

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4.

Stanislavski stated that as an actor you should

a)

learn your lines and pretend to be the character

b)

leave your own problems at the door

c)

believe that you are the character and the audience will believe it too.

d)

Play more than one character in a play

5.

A given circumstance is

a)

The circumstances that the actor is placed in - the theatre they will act in, the costume they will wear.

b)

created by the playwright as a tool for creation and development of a character. They are the essential information about the characters past lives.

c)

The varying speeds and timings of the actions and speech on stage coincide to produce a rhythm.

d)

The costume a character will wear.

6.

One of the techniques Stanislavski developed is called the magic ......

a)

What

b)

If

c)

Who

d)

When

7.

The Stanislavski system/method includes.....

a)

Bringing an actor's experiences into the role

b)

Expanding an actor's imagination

c)

Working on the character from the outside

d)

Alienation of the audience

8.

A 'con' of the Stanislavski system/method is.....

a)

The risk of actors merging their personal lives with their characters’ lives in a psychologically unhealthy way

b)

Actors may not have a relevant emotion memory to draw upon

c)

It leaves too much room for improvisation

d)

It's too easy

9.

Emotion memory is when the actor ......

a)

Refers to the character details and facts in the script given to them by the playwright

b)

Considers what they would do and how they would react in their character's situation

c)

Recalls their own life experiences that were similar to the character's situation

d)

Remembers the subtext of the play to build their character

10.

Stainslavski's students include:

a)

Micheal Chekhov

b)

Meryl Streep

c)

Stella Adler

d)

Robert DiNero

11.

Which technique of acting would you use from now on after learning about the different acting techniques?

a)

Stanislavski

b)

Chekhov

c)

Meisner

12.
Who's System is the most widely used and accepted acting technique of all time? 
a)
Uta Hagen
b)
Constantin Stanislavski
c)
Michael Chekhov
d)
Stella Adler
13.
A character's long term goal is called the 
a)
Objective
b)
Circumstance
c)
Psychological Gesture
d)
Super Objective
14.
Which acting technique focuses on Relaxation, Concentration, Given Circumstances, The Magic If, and Action?
a)
The Stanislavski System
b)
The Psychological Gesture
c)
Practical Aesthetics
d)
Viola Spolin's Theatre Games
15.

Realistic theatre used a set that had two or three walls that depicted an interior of a room that had authentic (real) props and furniture (Theatre Art in Action, p 328).

a)

triangle set

b)

box set

c)

octagon set

d)

square set

16.

To help with my monologue, I aim to

a)

Observe people in everyday life and write a biography of them and/or my monologue character

b)

Practice sitting on a chair with purpose

c)

Practice packing a bag with given circumstance

d)

Use emotion memory, the magic "if", and/or given circumstance to build my monologue character

e)

None of the above