Vocab

Question 1

AD LIB

Answer 1

spoken or performed without previous preparation.

Question 2

ASIDE

Answer 2

Character speaking to the audience, can’t be heard by other performers

Question 3

Blocking

Answer 3

The physical movement of actors across the stage

Question 4

CHARACTERISATION

Answer 4

Acting like a character

Question 5

CORPSING

Answer 5

when an actor breaks out into unscripted laughter

Question 6

DICTION

Answer 6

How clearly the hard sounds in lines are spoken

Question 7

EMPHASIS

Answer 7

Adding meaning or depth to certain parts of a sentence

Question 8

FACIAL EXPRESSION

Answer 8

Use of facial muscles to convey emotion

Question 9

GESTURE

Answer 9

Physically moving hands and feet

Question 10

INFLECTION

Answer 10

Change in pitch of the voice, specifically the way the voice rises and falls

Question 11

MIME

Answer 11

the theatrical technique of suggesting action, character, or emotion without words, using only gesture, expression, and movement.

Question 12

PACE

Answer 12

The speed of the spoken line

Question 13

Pause

Answer 13

A break in speech for dramatic effect

Question 14

pitch

Answer 14

how high or low a sound is

Question 15

projection

Answer 15

the loudness of speech, so that audience members at the back of the theatre can hear the actors

Question 16

Rapport

Answer 16

a close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other’s feelings or ideas and communicate well.

Question 17

READ THROUGH

Answer 17

a stage of film, television, radio, and theatre production when an organized reading of the screenplay or script is conducted around a table by the actors with speaking parts

Question 18

stillness

Answer 18

pausing to communicate meaning and possible subtext

Question 19

tone

Answer 19

the way in which something is spoken to communicate meaning

Question 20

volume

Answer 20

how loud a sound is

Question 21

blacks

Answer 21

black clothing usually worn by stage crew to not distract the audiencec

Question 22

costumes

Answer 22

what the actors are wearing

Question 23

dressing rooms

Answer 23

where the actors get into costume and have hair and makeup done

Question 24

greasepaint

Answer 24

an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces

Question 25

makeup

Answer 25

makeup are products used typically on female actors to enhance their appearence

Question 26

quick change

Answer 26

A change of costume that needs to happen very quickly takes place close to the side of the stage.

Question 27

wardrobe

Answer 27

a place and department to maintain the costumes, to sort the laundry and to run the show – to do the quick changes, to pre-set costumes.”

Question 28

Act

Answer 28

a section of a play

Question 29

anatagonist

Answer 29

a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.

Question 30

anti-climax

Answer 30

a break in tension after a tense section of the paly

Question 31

character

Answer 31

a fictional person in a play

Question 32

chorus

Answer 32

those who perform vocally in a group as opposed to those who perform singly

Question 33

climax

Answer 33

the most intense moment in a play

Question 34

comic relief

Answer 34

a break in tension due to humour

Question 35

dialogue

Answer 35

conversation between characters

Question 36

dramatic irony

Answer 36

when the audience are aware of something that the characters are not

Question 37

dramatic tension

Answer 37

the drive of the drama which keeps the audience engaged

Question 38

duologue

Answer 38

a play or part of a play with speaking roles for only two actors.

Question 39

epilogue

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a section or speech at the end of a play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened.

Question 40

exposition

Answer 40

the early part of a play in which the audience learns where and when the play takes place, who the main characters are, and what the central conflict of the play will be

Question 41

flashback

Answer 41

a memory that a character has that is to do with the central conflict or storyline in a play

Question 42

genre

Answer 42

the type of play, links in with production style

Question 43

interior monologue

Answer 43

a piece of speech expressing a character’s inner thoughts.

Question 44

libretto

Answer 44

the text of an opera or other long vocal work.

Question 45

monologue

Answer 45

a long speech spoken by one actor

Question 46

Trucking

Answer 46

Wheeling things on and off stage

Question 47

DIEGETIC

Answer 47

Can be heard by the characters

Question 48

Non-diegetic

Answer 48

Cannot be heard by the characters - only the audience