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WorksheetsCharacter and Emotion
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the process of creating and developing a character called?
Characterisation
Character Profile
Role Play
Improvisation
What is a character profile?
A collection of stories about a character
A list of facts about a character
A picture of a character
A sound recording of a character
What is visualisation?
When an actor sees a character for the first time
When the audience sees a character for the first time
Where an actor imagines themselves in a situation as their character
A technique where an actor imagines what their character looks like
Which two of these must you do when you are hot-seating?
The audience must ask the actor questions
The actor must respond in character
The audience must take notes
The actor should ask the audience questions
What is the name of the technique when an actor takes on and performs a character different from themselves?
Physical theatre
Narration
Mime
Role Play
What is the name given to a speech that is performed by one actor alone?
Monologue
Duologue
Dialogue
Narration
What is the name of the technique when a performance is made up on the spot?
Devising
Improvisation
Transition
Proxemics
Using vertical space on stage to make performances more interesting is known as...
Transitions
Tableaux
Levels
Status
If a director asks an actor to explore their proxemics what are they asking them to look at?
Use of levels
Communication of status
How they use their voice to show emotion
Spatial relationships with other characters
Which two skills would you use to show that your character has high status in a scene?
Stand on a higher level to make you taller
Sit on the floor in the centre of the stage
Close your proxemics with another character
Look away from another character and glance at the floor
What style of theatre is mostly concerned with creating characters and situations that are close to real life?
Naturalism
Pantomime
Melodrama
Physical Theatre
Which theatre practitioner is famous for developing naturalistic performances?
Brecht
Stanislavski
Artaud
Berkoff
Which vocal skill allows you to suggest where your character comes from (geographically)?
Tone
Picth
Accent
Pause
Which physical technique uses small movements to show a character's personality?
Posture
Gesture
Movement
Mannerism
When you 'sustain a role' what are you doing?
Staying in character throughout the entire performance
Developing a character that is completely new
Using vocal skills to suggest emotion
Using physical skills to suggest emotion
