Quiz 1 Flashcards
Actor (performer)
The “real” person on stage
Character/role
The imaginary person, thing or animal the actor pretends to be on stage
Cue
A signal to begin action or dialogue
Exposition
Information given through dialogue during a scene that explains events leading up to action
Hand prop
A prop that can be easily handled. For example, books, chalk, dishes
Monologue/solo
A scene for one actor, who speaks his or her thought aloud or talks to an imaginary character or directly to the audience
Pantomime
A performance that communicates an idea or an action without using dialogue
Setting
The imaginary place and time the stage area represents
Sight cue
A visual signal for actors to begin action or dialogue, or for the audience to quiet down for a performance
Visibility
Actors’ bodies and faces must be visible to the audience
Visibility: Hair
Keep long bangs and hair out of eyes
Visibility: cheat out
Open up your body position as much as possible towards the audience
Visibility: Gestures
Use the arm farthest from the audience (inside arm)
Visilibity: Turns
When you turn, face the audience during your turn
Visibility: Crossing the stage
When two or more actors cross the stage, the actor closest to the audience should trail the actor and not block the actor
Visibility: Crossing the stage
When to or more actors cross the stage, the actor closest to the audience should trail the actor and not block the actor
Energy and absorption
Performers must attend to the imaginary events on stage and block out off-stage distractions. Engages audience
Energy and expression
An actor’s entire body should be emotionally involved in the stage action
Energy and expression: Gestures
Gestures should start definitively, end definitively and for a short time be held
Energy and expression: Facial expressions
Bigger and bolder than in real life, and can be held for a short time
Length
A scene should fulfil its time limits
Exploitation
Applies to the creativity of the performers
