WorksheetsLesson 3: Stage Directions, Positions and Acting Terms
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Crosses, counter crosses, entrances and exits are all examples of:
Cues
The 4th Wall
Blocking
Cheating out
The line right before your line is your:
Blocking
Cue
One-Quarter
Counter Cross
This position is known as "cheating out".
Three Quarter
Full Front
Profile
One Quarter
Why do actors "cheat out"?
To make their exits quicker
To balance the stage
So the audience can see them better
To hide until their cue
When one actor crosses to one side of the stage and a second actor crosses to the other side of the stage to "balance" the picture.
Counter Cross
Break the 4th Wall
Three-Quarter
Entrance
Blocking is a little "unnatural" because:
Actors need to "cheat out"
Actor move more than in real life
All
None
The 4th Wall refers to:
The upstage wall
The Backstage
The wall between the lobby and the audience
The imaginary wall between the actors and the audience
What does cheating out mean?
To dance
To stand profile
To turn Upstage
Opening yourself up to the audience
Identify the actor's foot position.
Full Back
Downstage Left
Up Stage Left
Profile
Up Stage Right
Identify the actor's foot position.
DownStage
Apron
Full Front
Profile
CenterStage
Identify the actor's foot position.
Up Stage Right
Stage Left
3/4 to the back
1/4 to the front
Downstage Right
Identify the actor's foot position.
3/4 to the Back
Stage Left
Stage Right
3/4 to the Front
Profile
Identify the actor's foot position.
Centerstage
Up Center
Down Center
3/4 to the Front
3/4 to the Back
Identify the actor's foot position.
Centerstage
Stage Right
Stage Left
Full Front
Full Back
