Basic Knowledge
What is Drama?
Drama refers to the activities and exercises which prepare someone for performance.
Define a Proscenium Stage
This stage has only one side of audience
What is a warm up?
C
CentreStage
Voice sounds are characterized by
Volume, Pitch, Tone, Pace and Inflection
What are the tools of performance?
Body, Mind, Voice and Space
What is a Thrust Stage
This is where the audience are sited on 3 sides (runway stage)
What is mirroring?
Mirroring is an exercise where actors copy another actor's movement as though watching a mirror
RC
RightStageCentre
List 3 body postions
Full back, Full front, left profile, etc.
Voice, Speech and _________ work together so an actor can speak naturally,.....,which is shaped into speech.
Diction
Where the audience surrounds the stage
Arena Stage
Projection
The use of the diaphragm for loud and clear speech.
What is personal space
This is the invisible bubble that surrounds you.
What is Cool Down?
A period where you continue too exercise gently after more difficult activity to prevent injury.
Another word for Voice Box
Larynx
The audience is located on two sides of the stage.
Traverse
The use of one's body to create a frozen picture is called?
Sculpting
What is the Back stage
The hidden area behind the stage.
Types of Vocal Warm ups:
Tongue twister, Nursery rhymes, etc.
_________ warm ups prepare the voice for speaking.
Vocal
List all 4 stages
Proscenium, Traverse, Thrust and Arena Stage
_______ is the #1 energy for the actor and a free natural voice.
Tension
List all Parts of a Stage:
1 4 7
2 5 8
3 6 9
UR UC UL
RC C RL
DR DC DL
Clarity in speech is called
Articulation