Stage Directions
Voice terms
Movement
Voice terms
Stage directions
100
What position is 8?
Upstage Right
100
How one fills the space they are in with their voice in a healthy and sustainable way. Proper volume.
Projection
100
Should movement be natural and honest?
Yes
100
What is accent?
Degree of prominence of a syllable within a word.
100
What position is 3?
Downstage right
200
What position is 4?
Downstage left
200
Speaking in a clear and understandable way.
Articulation
200
Movement should never be
Obvious
200
Stopping the sound for emphasis
Pausing
200
What position is 7?
Upstage center
300
What position is 2?
Centerstage
300
The degree of prominence given to a phrase or thought-grouping.
Emphasis
300
When you move onstage, should you move like yourself?
Your movement needs to be done in character.
300
What is rate?
The speed of an utterance. (How fast or slow someone speaks.
300
What lies beyond/behind 7, 8, and 9?
Backstage
400
What is another name for audience?
The house
400
The reinforcement, amplification, and enrichment of sound.
Resonance
400
Movement should not be completed/followed through. True or false?
False, movement should always be completed and followed through.
400
The pitch change within a single utterance.
Inflection
400
What do we call the sides of the stage? The areas where one goes off stage?
The wings
500
What position is 6?
Center left
500
What is quality?
The characteristic of sound which distinguishes one sound from another.
500
Should movement be flexible or rigid?
Flexible
500
What is pitch?
The highness or lowness of sound.
500
What position is 1?
Downstage center