Acting Vocab
Vocab 2
Vocab 3
100
Script scoring
What is marking of a script for one character, indicating interpretation, pauses, phrasing, stress, and so on?
100
Foil
What is an acting role that is used for personality comparison, usually with the protagonist or main character?
100
Pointing lines
What is emphasizing an idea?
200
Role Scoring
What is the analysis of a character?
200
Pace
What is giving an actor the freedom to move over the entire stage area, usually during a lengthy speech?
200
Places
What are the positions of the actors at the opening of an act or scene?
300
Building a scene
What is to build to a climax by speaking at a higher pitch, a faster rate, or with more force and greater emphasis than in preceding speeches?
300
Cross
What is the movement by an actor from one location to another on the stage?
400
Milk
What is drawing the maximum response from an audience from comic lines or action?
400
Cover
What is obstructing the view of the audience?
500
At Rise
What is who or what are on stage when the curtain opens?
500
Cut
What is to stop action or omit?
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