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The introduction you use before auditioning in person or on video.
What is a Slate.
The first rule of the theater that instructs actors to be flexible, positive, and willing to try things.
What is "Say Yes".
After reading the script, this is the first thing an actor does.
What is memorizing the lines?
A "resting position" offering an opportunity for performers to reflect on areas of tension in their body, examine their breath, and even recognize patterns of thought.
What is Constructive Rest?
An audition an actor rehearses, films, and edits on their own. They then submit it electronically to an agent or casting director.
What is a self tape.
Being able to have confidence in those you are working with—that they do not intend to harm you in anyway and that you can rely on their support.
What is trust.
After actioning a scene for line objectives, an actor will identify these.
What are the beats in the scene.
What is follow through?
He developed a technique to restore his speaking voice after continually struggling with losing it during performance.
Who is F.M. Alexander.
The aspect that a self tape is filmed in.
What is horizontal aspect?
Concentrating mental and physical energy on a specific activity without distraction.
What is focus (concentration).
These stand in the way of a character achieving their goals.
What are Obstacles.
What is Justify?
She developed a series of exercises that actors can do on their own to develop their craft. One of them is The Private Moment.
Who is Uta Hagen.
The shot from mid-body to close up of the actor on a self tape.
What is framing?
The first thing an actor does when preparing for an audition.
What is read the script?
The overall goal for the character in a scene.
What is the scene objective.
He is the "father" of modern acting technique.
Who is Konstantin Stanislavski?
Where actors look while acting in a scene on video or film.
What is the Eyeline?
The Who, What, Where, When, and Why of a script provided by the author through the text of a play.
These "facts" of the play guide an actor in character development.
What are the given circumstances.
What is immediacy or urgency?
This concept describes the ability to imagine oneself in a set of fictional circumstances and to envision the consequences of finding oneself facing that situation in terms of action.
What is "The Magic If".