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WorksheetsHarrison's Actor's Studio 1 Final
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 22mins
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Stage terminology:
Define: Backstage
The part o the stage that is not part of the performance area and that the audience can not see.
Where the audience sits.
Any areas such as dressing rooms that are not part of the stage itself.
The offstage areas to the left and right of the performance area.
The part of the stage that is used for the actual performance.
Stage terminology:
Define: Offstage
The part o the stage that is not part of the performance area and that the audience can not see.
Where the audience sits.
Any areas such as dressing rooms that are not part of the stage itself.
The offstage areas to the left and right of the performance area.
The part of the stage that is used for the actual performance.
Stage terminology:
Define: Onstage
The part o the stage that is not part of the performance area and that the audience can not see.
Where the audience sits.
Any areas such as dressing rooms that are not part of the stage itself.
The offstage areas to the left and right of the performance area.
The part of the stage that is used for the actual performance.
Stage terminology:
Define: Out Front (House)
The part o the stage that is not part of the performance area and that the audience can not see.
Where the audience sits.
Any areas such as dressing rooms that are not part of the stage itself.
The offstage areas to the left and right of the performance area.
The part of the stage that is used for the actual performance.
Stage terminology:
Define: Wings
The part of the stage that is not part of the performance area and that the audience can not see.
Where the audience sits.
Any areas such as dressing rooms that are not part of the stage itself.
The offstage areas to the left and right of the performance area.
The part of the stage that is used for the actual performance.
Body Positions:
Define: Full Back
Both feet are parallel to the back wall of the stage. Actor may face either stage left or stage right.
Up stage foot it parallel to the back wall of the stage. Down stage foot is at a 45 degree angle to up stage foot. Actor may face stage left of stage right.
Actor is facing the back wall of the stage with both feet perpendicular to the back wall of the stage.
Down stage foot is parallel to the back wall of the stage. up stage is at a 45 degree angle to down stage foot. Actor may face either stage left or stage right.
Actor is facing the front of the stage with both feet perpendicular to the back wall of the stage.
Body Positions:
Define: Full Front
Both feet are parallel to the back wall of the stage. Actor may face either stage left or stage right.
Up stage foot it parallel to the back wall of the stage. Down stage foot is at a 45 degree angle to up stage foot. Actor may face stage left of stage right.
Actor is facing the back wall of the stage with both feet perpendicular to the back wall of the stage.
Down stage foot is parallel to the back wall of the stage. up stage is at a 45 degree angle to down stage foot. Actor may face either stage left or stage right.
Actor is facing the front of the stage with both feet perpendicular to the back wall of the stage.
Body Positions:
Define: One Quarter
Both feet are parallel to the back wall of the stage. Actor may face either stage left or stage right.
Up stage foot it parallel to the back wall of the stage. Down stage foot is at a 45 degree angle to up stage foot. Actor may face stage left of stage right.
Actor is facing the back wall of the stage with both feet perpendicular to the back wall of the stage.
Down stage foot is parallel to the back wall of the stage. up stage is at a 45 degree angle to down stage foot. Actor may face either stage left or stage right.
Actor is facing the front of the stage with both feet perpendicular to the back wall of the stage.
Body Positions:
Define: Profile
Both feet are parallel to the back wall of the stage. Actor may face either stage left or stage right.
Up stage foot it parallel to the back wall of the stage. Down stage foot is at a 45 degree angle to up stage foot. Actor may face stage left of stage right.
Actor is facing the back wall of the stage with both feet perpendicular to the back wall of the stage.
Down stage foot is parallel to the back wall of the stage. up stage is at a 45 degree angle to down stage foot. Actor may face either stage left or stage right.
Actor is facing the front of the stage with both feet perpendicular to the back wall of the stage.
Body Positions:
Define: Three Quarter
Both feet are parallel to the back wall of the stage. Actor may face either stage left or stage right.
Up stage foot it parallel to the back wall of the stage. Down stage foot is at a 45 degree angle to up stage foot. Actor may face stage left of stage right.
Actor is facing the back wall of the stage with both feet perpendicular to the back wall of the stage.
Down stage foot is parallel to the back wall of the stage. up stage is at a 45 degree angle to down stage foot. Actor may face either stage left or stage right.
Actor is facing the front of the stage with both feet perpendicular to the back wall of the stage.
Types of Stages:
Define: Proscenium Stage
The audience sits on three side of the stage.
The audience sits on only one side of the stage.
The audience sit on all four sides of the stage.
Types of Stages:
Define: Thrust Stage
The audience sits on three side of the stage.
The audience sits on only one side of the stage.
The audience sit on all four sides of the stage.
Types of Stages:
Define: Arena or in-the-round stage
The audience sits on three side of the stage.
The audience sits on only one side of the stage.
The audience sit on all four sides of the stage.
Voice & Diction: True or False
Actors need to train their voices in order to improve the clarity, strength, and flexibility of their voices.
True
False
Voice & Diction: True or False
The diaphragm is a large muscle that separates the lungs from the stomach and is used to control breathing.
True
False
Voice & Diction: True or False
Learning to control breathing with the diaphragm helps an actor improve the strength of his/her voice.
True
False
Voice & Diction: True or False
Articulation is the process of controlling breathing to increase or decrease the volume of one's voice.
True
False
Voice & Diction: True or False
When it comes to using an accent, an actor must ask himself if he can use the accent consistently and believably throughout the play. If he cannot, he should not use the accent.
True
False
Voice & Diction: True or False
Shouting or screaming causes the throat to tighten and causes a lack of expressiveness, but when an actor projects his voice, he achieves an increase of volume with his throat relaxed and the expressiveness of his voice maintained.
True
False
Voice & Diction: True or False
Inflection is the process by which a person uses his mouth, lips and tongue to pronounce words clearly.
True
False
Voice & Diction: True or False
Pitch refers to how high or low a voice is in tone.
True
False
Characterization: How is the following written in a script?
Dialogue
Printed in italics and inside parentheses
Printed in Plain Text
Printed in all capital letters.
Characterization: How is the following written in a script?
Character Names
Printed in italics and inside parentheses
Printed in Plain Text
Printed in all capital letters.
Characterization: How is the following written in a script?
Stage Directions
Printed in italics and inside parentheses
Printed in Plain Text
Printed in all capital letters.
Characterization: True or False
A Character is defined as an imaginary character who does the action described in the play.
True
False
Characterization: True or False
A Conflict is the plays problem that needs to be solved.
True
False
Characterization: True or False
An Internal or Interior Conflict is a conflict that happens during the course of the play and is acted out on the stage.
True
False
Characterization: True or False
An External or Exterior Conflict is a conflict that is important to the story of the play begins or happens off stage where the audience does not see it.
True
False
Characterization: True or False
In a play setting means both the imaginary time and place in which the action occurs and the specific scenery onstage in each scene.
True
False
Characterization: True or False
The Exposition in a play is the part of the play that happens after the climax and ties up any lose ends that still need to be explained.
True
False
Characterization: True or False
The point at which the conflict of the play is resolved is called the resolution.
True
False
Characterization: True or False
The Theme of a play is the lesson of the play, the author's attempt to tell the audience how to live their lives. The moral of a play is the idea or issue that the play is about.
True
False
Character Development: True or False
A character's situation is everything around him at any given moment His situation is somewhat like the situation of other character because he shares the setting in which the scene takes place with the other characters, but he also has a unique situation because his background is different than the background of the other characters.
True
False
Character Development: True or False
There are three (3) basic relationships a character may have with other characters in the play; he may be superior to them, inferior to them or equal to them.
True
False
Character Development: True or False
Subtext of a play is the underlying meaning of a character's line.
True
False
