Theatre Chapter 5 Quiz
In order to help an actor with his or her through line of a role Stanislavski suggested that the actors split the play into smaller parts called _____.
Beats
Which of the following require an actor to pay particular attention to vocal training?
Breath control; Classic plays; Projecting the voice without amplification
The term ______ __ _________ refers to the skill in Stanislavski's System of acting whereby an actor focuses his or her entire attention on an object, person or task to the exclusion of all else.
Circle of attention
An actor has ___________ when he or she is able to convince the audience of the truth of their characters.
Credibility
Which of the following are social roles we play in our everyday lives?
Doctor CEO Step-mother
Early in his career Stanislavski believed that focusing on an _______ was the best way to produce believable action. But later in his career he believed that focusing on purposeful _____ would eventually produce true feelings on stage.
Emotion Action
When actors are working as a unit aware of and in conjunction with their fellow actors this is called ________ _______.
Ensemble Playing
When an actor achieves the state of relaxation on stage he or she is much better able to ___________, __________, __________.
Have lifelike movements; Move fluidly and effortlessly; Enjoy freedom from tension
The factors that led to the development of Stanislavski's System of acting included:
His desire to pass along ways to achieve believable acting; His observations of believable actors; His work with Anton Chekhov
Which three questions did Stanislavski believe an actor needed to answer about on stage action?
How? What? Why?
When we take on the characteristics of another person for amusement or to tell a story it is called _______.
Imitation
The three most important aspects of actor training are: inner feelings, vocal and movement skills, and the ability to synthesize or ______ them into a whole.
Integration
Identify the three main challenges of acting:
Integration of skills; Vocal and Physical skills; Believability
Which of the following modern acting teachers stressed emotional recall as the most important part of their teachings?
Lee Strasberg
In Stanislavski's System of Acting the term _____ __ refers to an acting exercise whereby the actor imagines him or herself in the same situation as the character.
Magic If
Match the twentieth century acting teacher and their methods: Meyerhold Copeau Lecoq Bogart Suzuki
Meyerhold --> Biomechanics Copeau --> Commedia del arte Lecoq --> Clowing Bogart --> Viewpoints Suzuki --> Stomping
Name the type of roles we play with our friends and family.
Personal
Which of the following are characteristics of Asian Theatre actor training?
Physical actor training that has had global influence; Absolute control and concentration over the body and nervous system; Symbolism and stylization
______________ action is Stanislavski's term for purposeful action.
Psychophysical
Stanislavski developed a ______ by which he could teach future generations the secrets of realistic, believable acting.
System
If an actor's projection is not good or if they move awkwardly on stage we can surmise that they have not mastered the __________ of physical and vocal acting.
Techniques
Which of the following statements about acting on stage are true?
The actor must have an audience present; The actor plays characters that are not real but representations of people
What characteristics of musical theatre acting does this photo reflect?
The performer must have experience and skill in learning choreography; The performer must have training in acting; The performer must have training in ballet