Training to Be an Actor
Gurus and Mentors
Vocabulary
100
True or False: Most actors have to work incredibly hard at what they do and go through a lot to make a career out of acting.
What is True.
100
Coaches and teachers to help guide you through your acting career.
What is Gurus and Mentors.
100
Individualized psychological approach to acting.
What is Method of Acting.
200
This physical exercise helps an actor relax and gain strength through concentration and core work.
What is Yoga.
200
Stella Adler Sanford Meisner Uta Hagen Micheal Chekhov Lee Strasberg
What is famous acting teachers.
200
The driving force of a character.
What is Superobjective.
300
Actors have to learn how to do this to prevent rigid shoulders, braced knees, a tense back, or any other problems that can make affect ones performance
What is the Act of Breathing.
300
Some actors that were trained with these methods were Marlon Brando, James Dean, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, and Jane Fonda. What is this group of people called?
What is The Actors Studio.
300
A personality imperfection that cripples the character and pevents him/her from achieving his superobjective.
What is Tragic Flaw.
400
What does IPA stand for?
What is International Phonetic Alphabet.
400
One of his most famous techniques taught actors to be more natural onstage by recalling their own emotions and relating them to the feeling of their character.
What is Stanislavsky System or Method Acting.
400
Actors who have little or no emotional bond with a character, they replace the character's emotions with unrelated but personal emotions of their own.
What is Substitution.
500
Game like acting exercises used to help train the brain.
What is Improvisation.
500
Almost all modern actor-training methods trace their heritage to one of the greatest of all acting teachers.
What is Konstanin Stanislavsky.
500
Some directors start rehearsals by having the cast read aloud through the play while seated around a table.
What is Table Work.