Terms Flashcards

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Taking In/Adjustment/Responding

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A change in action or objective in relation to A change in the given circumstances

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Conflict

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Tension between opposing forces in the dramatic situation. Obstacles versus Objective

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Tactical Actions

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Actions aimed at achieving an objective

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Beats

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Unit of dramatic action reflecting a single objective

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5
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Obstacle

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What is in the way of achieving goals and action

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Objective

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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

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Actors neutral

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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

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Performance energy

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The intensity vitality and vigor of expression that is received by the audience from the actor

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Justification

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The reason for the characters behavior

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Improvisation

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The removal of a Dramatic situation in which actors are free to create Text and action

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Endowment

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The projection of the emotional values on to people,places or things

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12
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Stage business

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Small actions with props or characteristic gestures

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13
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Vulnerability

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The measure by which an actor can be tortured by other characters and the imaginary circumstances

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Subtext

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The thoughts and feelings that live beneath the lines through which an actor creates the inner life of the character

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15
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Personalization

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The process of making The dramatic situation personally meaningful to the actor

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Sense memory

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The process of recalling experience through detailed attention to sensory data

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Substitution

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The replacement of dramatic characters events or objects with people, places or things from the actors personal life to make the situation meaningful

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Emotional memory

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Using memory from the past to personalize your scene

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Research

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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

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Imagination

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The ability you act as if the imaginary circumstances are real

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Indicating

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Externally displaying emotion without inner justification. Acting for the audience

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Fourth Wall

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Imaginary line separating the audience of the stage

23
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Upstage
Downstage
Center stage

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Away from the stage
Closest to audience
Space between audience and back wall

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Blocking

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Where you move on stage pattern of movement given byb director

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Cheating out

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Finding a way to talk out to the audience

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Given Circumstances

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The who what where and when of the dramatic situation