Script Terms
the written words in a script that are intended to be spoken aloud by the characters
Lines
refers to a person regardless of gender
Actor
determining the basic movements of the actors during a play, as set by the director and/or actors
Blocking
on the stage and visible to the audience.
Onstage
an unskilled actor who overacts
the written text of a play, movie,or broadcast
Script
refers to exclusively a female who acts
Actress
To move from one position to another on stage
Cross
(in a theater) not on the stage and so not visible to the audience
Offstage
using any sort of stage business, gesture, facial expression, or vocalization to steal the focus of the audience from another actor on stage
Upstaging
conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie
Dialogue
the type of acting in which a cast works as a team to create a total effect rather than a group of individual performances
Ensemble Playing
Moving in the opposite direction (and out of the way!) of another actor who is moving across the stage.
Counter Cross
the area in a theater out of view of the audience, especially in the wings or dressing rooms.
Backstage
when an actor speaks one or more lines ahead, causing confusion for other cast members and at times,omitting crucial information for the audience or an entrance cue
Jump Lines
Having a part memorized so that a script is no longer needed.
Off-Book
a part in a play
Role
to turn the body out,partially toward the audience,while appearing to talk directly to another character on stage, thus allowing the audience to see the facial expressions of the performers
Completely turned away from the audience
sideways towards the audience
Profile
the pacing, tempo, orrhythm of lines, actions, gestures,stage business, lighting cues,sound cues, etc
Timing
a role in a play
character
the spot, literally on the floor or established during rehearsal, from which actors deliver their lines
and
:a direction for anactor to go to a certain placeonstage and deliver a line
Mark
and
"Hit Your Mark
Facing the audience completely
Full Front
Bonus for fun!!
- what is the name of the musical this year (100 extra points if you can name the person they based the music off of)
9 to 5
Dolly Parton