🎯WHAT DO THEY WANT?
Clue: What is an objective?
What a character wants
Clue: Acting without a fully written script is called what?
Improvisation
Clue: “I tell an actor where to move and stand during a scene. What am I?”
Blocking
Clue: Which Unit 2 movie/story gives us Jack and Rose?
Titanic
Clue: Stage left and stage right are determined from whose point of view?
The actors
Clue: A student wants the lead role in the school play. Is “getting the lead role” an objective or tactic?
Objective
Clue: True or False: A good improv partner should ignore an idea they don't like and completely change the scene.
False
Clue: “I am HOW your character tries to get what they want.”
Tactic
Clue: Which musical gives us Tracy, Penny, Amber, and Corny Collins?
Hairspray
Clue: Name THREE things an actor can change to create a different character physically.
Posture, gestures, facial expressions, movement, energy — accept any three.
Clue: The student compliments the director hoping to get another audition. Is complimenting the director an objective or tactic?
Tactic
Clue: Your partner says, “There's an elephant in our classroom!” What should you do in a strong improv scene?
Accept the idea and add to it / use “Yes, and…”
Clue: “I include posture, gestures, facial expressions, and movement.”
Physicality
Clue: Which Unit 2 film features a young girl who discovers she can move objects with her mind?
Matilda
Clue: Name FOUR parts of vocal expression.
: Tone, pitch, pace and volume
Clue: What is a tactic?
What a character does to try to achieve the objective.
Clue: What TWO words are commonly used to remind improvisers to accept and build on their partner's ideas?
“Yes, and…”
Clue: “I am what your character wants. What am I?”
Objective
Clue: Which Unit 2 story gives us Miss Honey and Miss Trunchbull?
Matilda
Clue: Performers working together as one group are called what?
An ensemble
Clue: Explain the difference between an objective and a tactic.
Objective = what the character wants. Tactic = how the character tries to get it.
Clue: Name THREE skills that make an improv scene successful.
Listening, accepting ideas, staying in character, quick thinking, responding/building the scene — accept any three.
Clue: “I combine acting, music, singing, movement, and storytelling.”
Musical Theatre
Clue: Jack's panic during the Titanic disaster, Miss Trunchbull's intimidating movement, and Tracy's energetic dancing all require actors to use what major Unit 2 skill?
Physicality/ Body movement
Clue: Your character wants to win an audition. Name an objective, one tactic, one vocal choice, and one physical choice the actor could use.
Answers will vary but must correctly identify all four.