Using the stage
Acting technique
Shakespeare
Stage positions
Voice
100
instructions in the text of a play indication movement, position or tone of an actor.
What are stage directions?
100
Creating a believable character with depth and personality.
What is character development?
100
Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.
What is a couplet?
100
This is the second strongest position on stage.
What is center stage?
100
Clearly speaking your lines so the audience can understand you.
What is articulation?
200
The precise movement and position of an actor on stage.
What is blocking?
200
What a character wants in the world of the play.
What is the objective?
200
Writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme.
What is verse?
200
This is the strongest position on stage.
What is Downstage center?
200
Loudly speaking your lines so the audience can hear you.
What is projection?
300
This is when an actor draws attention away from another actor by forcing them to turn away from the audience.
What is upstaging?
300
A playable choice that helps an actor achieve their objective.
What is an action?
300
A line of verse with five metrical “feet” (or group of syllables) that creates a rhythmic pattern.
What is iambic pentameter?
300
A slanted stage to help the audience see the action on stage.
What is a raked stage?
300
Going slow enough so your lines can be understood means you need to be mindful of this.
What is pacing?
400
This is when an actor is facing the audience.
What is an open position?
400
Movements and gestures that communicate aspects of a character, usually their emotional state.
What is physicality?
400
A one character speech where the character speaks about something important to him or her.
What is a monologue or soliloquy?
400
Modern theaters use this seating arrangement to help audiences see the action.
What is stadium seating?
400
This is how actors prepare their voice before a performance.
What are warm ups or tongue twisters?
500
This is when an actor is turned away from the audience.
What is a closed position?
500
These are signals in the script that tell an actor when they should enter the stage and/or say their line.
What are cues?
500
This is the sound you would use to describe Iambic Pentameter.
What is "Da-DA-da-DA-da-DA-da-DA-da-DA."
500
*Actors can make sure they are not seen before they enter the stage by hiding here.
What are the wings?
500
These are the people in the audience that need to be able to hear the actors.
Who are the people in the last row. :)
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