Body positions
this is the weakest position on stage, we are not able to see your face
what is full back ?
Long speech made by one person on stage
What is monologue?
The people in a novel, play, or movie
What is character?
The actors right
What is stage right ?
The part of the stage closest to the audience
What is downstage ?
A actor turns and faces directly to the left or to the right
What is profile?
Acting with no lines or script given to act off of
What is improv?
Conversation between 2 or more characters
What is dialogue?
Directors planned movement for the characters
What is blocking?
drape, drapery, pall, mantle - hanging cloth used as a blind
What is curtains?
The position when the actor is facing the audience but is slightly turned to the left
What is quarter left?
Speaking and behaving truly in an imaginary circumstance
What is acting?
Object being handled on stage by the actors
What is hand prop?
Facing the crowd with all of your body
What is full front?
These are the side areas of the stage they are separated by these adjustable parts of the stage
What are the wings and legs ?
The box in the middle of a diagram of the nine areas of the stage
What is center stage?
Communication without words just movement of body
What is pantomime?
A group of people working together to produce a single effect
What is ensemble ?
The position when the actor is facing the audience but is slightly turned to the right
What is quarter right ?
arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
What is set?
The position when one actor takes a position that forces another actor to face away from the audience
What is upstaging?
A movement of any part of the body to express an idea
What is gesture?
A motion or something said to alert the actors to do something
What is cue?
Moving in the opposite direction and out of the way of another who is moving across the stage
What is a counter-cross?
an arch framing the opening between the stage and the auditorium in some theaters.
What is proscenium arch?