Terms
Terms 2
Stage Areas and Body Positions
Mime/Tableau
Rideouts Randoms
100

A signal that tells the actors to do something 

A Cue 

100

A rehearsal before a performance where the lighting, sound, costume, are used to simulate the performance without an audience present 

Dress Rehearsal 

100

What body position are these actors in?

Profile

100

What is similar about tableau and mime and what is different

Mime is silent with movement 

tableaus is also silent but has no movement 

100

What is Ms. Rideout first name?

Samantha 

200

A spontaneous action or unplanned drama 

Improvisation

200

what is blocking

The movement and positioning of an actor on stage 

200

Which body position is used primarily for stage combat / stage intimacy 

Full Back

200

What is a focal point

the centre point of attention that the audiences focus should go towards during a tableau. 

200

How many years have I worked at STM

4 Years (Including this year)

300

What is "Suspension of Disbelief" 

The audience knows what they are watching is fake but chooses to believe its real in the moment. (Believability) 

300

What is masking?

Interfering with the audience sight-lines. Covering his or her actions or another prop. 

300

The actor in the baseball uniform is in what body position 

Quarter Turn Right

300

What is it called when we create object and your environment with our bodies 

Object work 

300

What is Ms. Rideout favourite musical 

Legally Blonde

400

What does it mean to be "Off Book"

The point in which actors are memorized and no longer need their scripts 

400

What is a monologue 

A character verbalizing thoughts or feelings on stage alone for a long time. 

400

Who's perspective do we view the stage from when labeling it

The Actors

400

To  avoid confusing the audience, keep what has been created and established the  same throughout the scene

Consistency 

400

Name two universities Ms. Rideout attended

Brock / Queens 

500

DAILY DOUBLE

The "Who" "What" "Where" "When" and "why" of a script 

The Given Circumstances

500

The overall look on stage from the audience point of view

Stage Picture

500

what is the strongest position on stage

Downstage Right 

500

What time period and why was tableau used in theatre history

Ancient Greek - To convey death on wagons since it could not happen on stage

500

Name all four subjects I have taught at STM

Drama, Film, Religion, Geography


600

Reading between the lines for deeper understanding 

Subtext

600

working together as one on a dramatic piece and reinforcing the importance of the group. 

(We as a class are a _______)

Ensemble 

600

Why is stage right stronger then stage left?

Because when we learn to read we are taught left (stage right) to right (stage left) 

600

List the three sections of mime

Major section, Mime units, mime beats

600

When is my birthday

March 4th