Voice
If someone sounds like their nose is being pinched, their voice is said to be this...
What is nasal?
This is the muscle that pushes air out of the lungs.
What is the diaphragm?
This is practice for a performance.
What is rehearsal?
This is a story acted out by actors on a stage.
What is a play?
In order to be heard, an actor must do this with their voice.
What is project?
This is how high or low a voice is.
What is pitch?
To get ready for a play, an actor must memorize this
What are lines?
This is a tryout for a play.
What is an audition?
The book that contains the lines for the play
What is the script?
These are hand movements used to communicate.
What are gestures?
The "pleasantness" of someone's voice
What is vocal quality?
The actor must learn about this to make their performance believable.
What is their character?
Most scripts have these that tell the actor what to do.
What are stage directions?
The person who writes the play
Who is the playwright?
If an actor needs to portray a character from a different country or area, they may need to use this.
What is accent or dialect?
If someone's voice has no inflection, it is said to be this...
What is monotone?
A director may have these if they aren't decided between two actors for one part.
What are call backs?
When an actor who should not have the audience's attention does something to steal attention.
What is upstaging?
This is the act of planning and carrying out stage directions.
What is blocking?
This is something a character does to make them unique.
What is a quirk?
This means vocalizing all the sounds in a word.
What is articulating?
When a director has actors read from the script during auditions. The actors have probably not read it before.
What is a cold reading?
These are little things an actor does onstage to appear naturally "busy".
What is business?
What a character wants in a scene
What is objective?
A speech for one person
What is a monologue?
This is the foundation of a great voice.
What is proper breathing?
This type of acting requires the actor to experience the emotions of the character.
What is Method Acting?
When an actor turns slightly toward the audience in order to be seen
What is cheating out?
The reason for everything an actor does onstage
What is motivation?
What you need to do onstage when an actor moves in front of you
What is counter cross?