WorksheetsDrama - Y9 - From Page to Stage
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is Melodrama?
A realistic style of acting
A sensational dramatic piece of theatre with exaggerated characters and exciting events
A way of developing character
Using your body to create objects or settings
What do we call the imaginary barrier that exists between the actors on stage and the audience?
The great divide
The third wall
The fourth wall
The invisible gap
Which of the following is a technique used by Stanislavski?
Still Images
Body-as-Prop
Observation
Thought Tracking
What is the purpose of Hot Seating?
To create objects or settings using your body
To answer questions from others in the group while you are 'in role'
To study someone closely to capture elements of their character
To use past experiences to create naturalistic emotions
What does "Gait" refer to in the context of acting?
How someone stands
A movement made with the hands
How somebody walks
How near or far you are to another actor
What is the "Proscenium Arch" in theatre?
The imaginary divide between actors and the audience
The frame that surrounds a stage space, separating the audience from the stage
The very back of the stage
The place where the audience sits
What are given circumstances?
The information the playwright gives us about a character.
The script
The list of characters in a play
A spontaneous improvisation
A soap opera is an example of what kind of theatre style?
Naturalism
Physical Theatre
Improvisation
Mime
What word do we use to describe what makes your character behave the way that they do?
Motivation
Focus
Control
Wishes
What does posture refer to?
How you sit or stand
How you walk
How you move
How you talk
Which Stanislavski technique is being described here?
To use the imagination to see something that isn’t there. To endow an object with properties of another.
Observation
Emotion
Visualisation
Action
What is emotional memory?
To think about what would YOU do in
a certain situation and then think
about what YOUR CHARACTER
would do.
To tap in' to past experiences in order to recreate them as realistically as possible.
To think of something as being true.
Closely studying someone in order to capture elements of their character.
What do we call a movement, usually made with the hands, that helps communicate what you are saying?
Posture
Gesture
Gait
Proxemics
What is Body as a Prop?
Using your body to create objects or setting.
Creating a frozen picture of a scene.
Speaking your character's thoughts to the audience.
Moving from one scene to another.
What is being described here? A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
A Still Image
Narration
A Stereotype
Teacher in Role
