Acting Styles/Tips
An approach to acting in which actors actually weep, suffer, or struggle emotionally
What is emotional/subjective acting?
The main person who attempts to solve the problems of the play or is defeated during the conflict
What is a Protagonist?
A small acting part with very few spoken lines
What is a bit part?
What is versatility?
Reaching out with your character to all members of the audience, also includes speaking loudly enough to be heard throughout the whole room
What is projection/projecting?
This acting exercise requires a performer to ask, "How would I react if I were in this character's position?" It was written by Stanislavski
What is the Magic If?
The person opposite the protagonist who opposes the goals of the protagonist
What is an antagonist?
A small acting part without spoken lines
A lull or stop in dialogue or action in order to sustain emotion
What is a pause?
The technique of calling upon your own memories in order to understand a character's emotions
What is emotional memory?
An approach to acting that relies heavily on acting technique and analysis of the play and character's personalities
What is technical/objective acting?
A young male lead between the ages of sixteen and thirty
What is a juvenile?
These actors usually resemble the appearance and personality of the characters the playwright had in mind
What is a straight part?
The way in which a character faces each crisis or obstacle
What is playing the obstacles?
The marking of a script for one character, indicating interpretation, pauses, phrasing, stress, and so on.
What is script scoring?
A less prominent role (but no less important) that helps the protagonist with their goals
What is a supporting role?
A character who is in most ways opposite to the main character (protagonist) or one who is nearly the same as the protagonist. The purpose is to emphasize the traits of the main character by contrast
What is a foil?
Any books or resources that you read to increase your understanding of a character
What is a secondary source?
The ways in which one uses all methods, including physical, mental acts, or objects, to reach the goals of the character
What is playing the objectives?
An approach that calls on the actor to use personal experience and sense memory to develop a character
What is method acting?
A female lead between the ages of sixteen and thirty
What is an ingenué?
These characters do not necessarily resemble the character being portrayed, these roles tend to have some kind of distinguishing trait, idiosyncrasy (odd feature or characteristic), or personality type
What is a character part?
What the character wants to do within a scene
What is intent?