Drama Basics
The highest most important portion of the storyline where the conflict reaches its peak
What is the Climax
The name of the movie we watched to start off this unit
Mr.Beans Holiday
The speed at which an actor speaks.
What is Ms. Rideouts favourite genre of music
What is country music
The movements that an actor makes on stage
What is blocking
The most common mime exercise performed by mime and those training in mime
What is "The Box"
The area in which actors are intended to breath from.
What is the Diaphragm
The city in which Ms. Rideout was born
Brampton
The most powerful performance area on the stage for dialogue (area & direction)
What is Downstage Right
Placing characters upstage and downstage to create visual interest.
What is Depth
The most important body part to a mime
A droning unchanging tone, boring speech.
What is monotone
Ms. Rideouts favourite musical
Legally Blonde
Masking
The name of the action that takes place between two tableaus.
Transition
The type of mime that uses recognizable actions and movements instead of abstract.
What is Literal Mime or Pantomime
The formation of clear distinct sound and mouth movement within our speech
What is articulation?
The other subject Ms. Rideout is qualified to teach
What is geography
The entire production cast and team working together on a performance
What is an Ensemble
The emphasis of the tableau is placed on something to attract the audiences attention.
What is focal point
Mime developed into a true theatrical form in this country
Greece
A style of voice work that involves telling the story from the main characters point of view OR as an outside.
What is narration
The university Ms. Rideout got her teaching degree from