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WorksheetsDr. Rogers' Theatre Arts 6-8 Final Exam
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 56mins
Stage Directions/ Blocking: Explain What is ¾ cheating out means?
back facing the audience
both feet facing your partner on stage
one foot towards the audince and other foot towards your partner
using a cheat sheet to memorize your lines
Blocking: What is the first rule when going on stage to perform?
always smile and lower your voice
Never put your back towards the audience
never stand upstage
always block the antagonist
When a director yells “cut,” explain what it means?
To Continue
You're fired
To slow down
To Stop
Explain “extras” in a scene?
People doing too much
People acting in the background
People not getting paid or a grade.
Main Actors in a scene
What does "upstaging" mean?
When you walk upstage
When you force another actor to turn their back or shine brighter than others on stage
When you force another actor off stage
When you die on stage because you forgot your lines
What is a dialogue or duologue?
One actor dies onstage
Two actors die on stage
Three Actors talk on stage
Two actors interact in a scene
What is "dead air" on camera or on stage?
no sound at all
when actors die
when an actor sings off key
too much sound
What or Who is an "understudy"?
When you forget to study
When a person learns another actor's lines
When an actor steals a role
When you study to past a test
Acting on stage you should...
Project your voice and know your cue
Turn your back to the audience
never use props
keep your head down and hands in your pockets
Upstage means...
moving away from the audience
Moving towards the audiece
walking away from another actor
Standing close to he audience
IMPROV acting is...
reading a script
singing a made up song
Unscripted acting
rehearsed acting
OPEN blocking is...
back is turned to the audience
Both feet/ toes facing the audience
Both feet facing your partner on stage
walking away from the audience
What is PROFILE blocking?
when you profile a person character
When both feet face the audience
When both feet are off stage
When both feet are facing your partner on stage
Props (in theatre) are...
people on stage acting
objects used to convey a scene
things people play with outside
when you say good job.
Many decades ago, Hollywood did NOT allow black actors to perform in their movies so they decided to......
Use real black animals instead.
Paint white people faces black.
hire white women.
put black people in slavery.
Blocking: DOWNSTAGE
sitting in the audience
moving away from the audience
moving towards the audience
standing back stage
Explain the stage blocking term: House Right
When actors move to the left of the stage.
When actors move to the right of the stage
When actors sit in the audience
When the audience sit on the right side.
What is another word for Stage Right?
Right Wing
Left Wing
House Left
House Right
Stage right is to the actor's right not the audience's
TRUE
FALSE
The 'Apron' is what?
A part of actor's costume
A part of the stage that protrudes out into the audience
The part of the theatre where programmes and tickets are sold
The area where actors wait to go on stage
In Shakespeare's orignal plays, young men would play the parts of a female character on stage because...
Men did not like them
Real women were NOT allowed to act on stage
Women had their own stage plays
Their wives would be jealous if they kissed an real woman on stage
If an actor corpses it means they have forgotten their lines
TRUE, it means they forgot and died on stage
FALSE, it means they laughed and broke character.
Explain the term "ad-lib"
to add a song to the scene
to break character
to act from your script
to improvise stage business or conversation
Explain the term "Blocking Yourself"
getting behind furniture or other actors so that you cannot be seen by the audience
who and what are onstage when the curtain opens
You stand on stage where ever you want to
Not listening to the director
What does "hold for laughs" mean?
when an actor is laughing on stage
When an actors courpses
when you hold in a laugh
waiting for the audience to quiet down after a funny line or scene
Who or what is a protagonist?
Leading Character or Hero
Villian of the story
Extras in the story
Non-main character
What are the two main factors of an Exposition?
Protagonist & Antagonist
Genre & Title
Character & Setting
Place & Time
Breaking the 4th wall means...
talking on your phone on stage
Talking to the director off stage
Knocking down the walls on the stage set
Talking directly to the audience or camera
