Acting Acknowledged
Relaxed Readiness
Individual Inventory
Stanislavski System
Truth/Technique
100
These are the active ingredients needed to develop a scene.
What is relationship, objective, obstacle, strategy, tactics, text, and subtext.
100
This is the definition of relaxed readiness.
What is being calm enough, yet energized enough to do your best.
100
These are your materials for acting effectively.
What are your body, your voice, and your mind.
100
This is the definition of the Stanislavski System.
What is a complete process for characterization.
100
These are 3 of the Improv Ground Rules
What are always say yes, just do it, stay honest, stay in the game, give up control, assume, start anywhere, simplify, keep it short and sweet, stay active, use your senses, everything works, file twists and turns, and treat others as brilliant.
200
These guidelines keep choices active, clear, and strong.
What is stating objectives with the preposition "to," keep language simple, and use subtext to support, modify, or qualify the text.
200
These are examples of Physical Warm-Ups
What is meditation, tensing/releasing, alignment, shaking, stretching, breathing, and aerobics.
200
Instead of as a machine, an actor should see his body as an ___________.
What is an interpretive instrument.
200
This is who Constantin Stanislavksi was.
What is a brilliant actor, director, and teacher who co-founded the Moscow Art Theatre and changed the way actors worked forever.
200
These are 3 parts of the acting space.
What are above, apron, arch, arena, backing, batten, below, border, box set, callboard, cyclorama, downstage, drop, flat, flies, forestage, fourth wall, Green Room, grid, ground plan, house, legs, mask, props, proscenium, rake, scrim, sight lines, spill, stage left, stage right, teaser, thrust, tormenters, wings.
300
These are the charm tactics used in scenes.
What is validate, soothe, open up, play, and stir.
300
This is why group warm-ups are important.
What is creating trust among your fellow actors.
300
These are the three overlapping categories in which you should check your body.
What are habits, adaptations, and cultural binding.
300
These are the crucial ingredients in the Stanislavski System.
What is relationship, objective, obstacle, strategy, tactics, text, subtext, interior monolog, evaluations, and beats.
300
These are 3 types of Voice Maneuvers.
What is anticipate, build, curtain line, diphthong, drop, dynamics, elongate, emphasis, inflection, intonation, melody pattern, onomatopoeia, overlap, paraphrase, phoneme, phrasing, resonate, set-up, speed-through, stress, stretch, substitute, support, swallow, tap, top, throw-away, trithong, voice/unvoice, undercut.
400
These are the threat tactics used in scenes.
What is command, intimidate, outspeak, scrutinize, and yell.
400
This is the process of shaping sound and flexing your face and jaw muscles.
What is vocal warm-ups.
400
These are the things you should be aware of when it comes to your voice.
What are quality, tempo/rhythm, articulation, pronunciation, pitch, volume, word choice, vocal non-verbals, and influences.
400
These are the ten steps in the Stanislavski System.
What is 1. Given Circumstances 2. The Magic If 3. Super Objective/Objective Heirarchy 4. Through-Line of Actions 5. Score 6. Endowment 7. Recall 8. Images 9. External Adjustments 10. Creative Mood
400
These are the 9 main areas of the stage.
What are up right, up center, up left, right center, center, left center, down right, down center, down left.
500
These are the methods used in acting offstage.
What is negating newness, being as pleasant as possible, keeping cool, sensing signals, winning ways, improving your image, creating richer relationships, being socially savvy, having the potential to predict situations, and the many career capabilities.
500
These are the parts of you that should be warmed up.
What are the body, voice, mind, and spirit.
500
This is why being self-aware is important.
What is being able to choose the best scenes and monologues for yourself.
500
This is the purpose of the Stanislavski System.
What is a close, careful look at the world of the character and then gradually entering the character's perspective.
500
This is the first step in vocal technique.
What is expanding your own speech repertoire so that you have more choices when you start to speak a line.
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