Terms Flashcards
Taking In/Adjustment/Responding
A change in action or objective in relation to A change in the given circumstances
Conflict
Tension between opposing forces in the dramatic situation. Obstacles versus Objective
Tactical Actions
Actions aimed at achieving an objective
Beats
Unit of dramatic action reflecting a single objective
Obstacle
What is in the way of achieving goals and action
Objective
The purpose of a character in any given moment in the dramatic situation that drives the action. The reaction that the character tries to evoke from the other person
Actors neutral
A ready state of the body that prepares the actor for action and reaction. A state Of removing one’s personal psychology that serves as a base for characterization
Performance energy
The intensity vitality and vigor of expression that is received by the audience from the actor
Justification
The reason for the characters behavior
Improvisation
The removal of a Dramatic situation in which actors are free to create Text and action
Endowment
The projection of the emotional values on to people,places or things
Stage business
Small actions with props or characteristic gestures
Vulnerability
The measure by which an actor can be tortured by other characters and the imaginary circumstances
Subtext
The thoughts and feelings that live beneath the lines through which an actor creates the inner life of the character
Personalization
The process of making The dramatic situation personally meaningful to the actor
Sense memory
The process of recalling experience through detailed attention to sensory data
Substitution
The replacement of dramatic characters events or objects with people, places or things from the actors personal life to make the situation meaningful
Emotional memory
Using memory from the past to personalize your scene
Research
Looking up information so that the actor can personalize The character, scene or setting. For example Romeo and Juliet you would research the time period And city
Imagination
The ability you act as if the imaginary circumstances are real
Indicating
Externally displaying emotion without inner justification. Acting for the audience
Fourth Wall
Imaginary line separating the audience of the stage
Upstage
Downstage
Center stage
Away from the stage
Closest to audience
Space between audience and back wall
Blocking
Where you move on stage pattern of movement given byb director
Cheating out
Finding a way to talk out to the audience
Given Circumstances
The who what where and when of the dramatic situation
