Expressive Skills and Conventions

Question 1

Expressive Skills

Answer 1

Voice, Movement, Gesture, Facial Expression

Question 2

Voice

Answer 2

Diction, pitch, pace, tone, resonance, muscularity, and vocal sounds.

Question 3

Movement

Answer 3

Gait, posture and stance

Question 4

Gesture

Answer 4

Using the body or body parts, usually the hands, to create symbols and meaning

Question 4

Facial Expression

Answer 4

Manipulating facial expressions to communicate emotions, reactions and meaning

Question 5

Conventions

Answer 5

Conventions are techniques or devices incorporated into the style of a performance. There are many conventions such as asides, caricature, exaggerated movement, heightened use of language, pathos, placards, satire, song, and stillness and silence

Question 6

The 4 Conventions

Answer 6

Transformations of Character, Transformation of Time, Transformation of Place, Application of Symbol

Question 7

Transformation of Character

Answer 7

Changing characters infant of the audience

Question 8

Transformation of Time

Answer 8

Changing time infant of the audience

Question 9

Transformation of Place

Answer 9

Changing place in front of the audience

Question 10

Application of Symbol

Answer 10

Creating meaning that is not literal

Question 11

Application of Symbol Definition

Answer 11

Application of Symbol allows actors to communicate ideas and themes through action, gesture, language, vocal or facial expression, object/property, costume, set pieces or heightened movement. Application of symbol may assist transformations.