Acting 101 That Russian guy Using your #1 Tool The Stage The Voice
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What is a prop
What an actor uses or carries while on stage
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Who was Constantine Stanislavsky
Actor, teacher, and director who developed Realistic acting system but not the METHOD.
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What are BODY, VOICE, MIND
These are the three tools of the actor
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What is STAGE LEFT
The direction to the right of the audience.
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What are PLOSIVES
P,T, K, B,D, G,
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What are Volume, Pitch, Rate, Tone
These are the 4 vocal adjustments to create meaning and energy.
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What are Given Circumstances
The Who, what, where, when of a scene or play.
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What is CHEAT OUT or OPEN UP
To adjust your body or actions toward the audience.
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What is a GROUND PLAN
Scaled Floor plan that, seen from above, shows all furniture, doors, window locations.
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What is to DROP or SWALLOW THE WORD
To fail to project or omit the last word(s) of a sentence.
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What is Blocking
Stage Movement like sitting, crossing the stage, exiting or entering.
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What is a Scene Score.
The process of writing down the through-line or spine of your character , including objectives and obstacles.
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What is MUGGING
Exaggerated facial expressions and reactions.
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What are the WINGS
Left and right offstage area on a Proscenium stage.
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What is ONOMATOPOEIA
A word that sounds like what it identifies.
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What are the Ground Rules of Improvisation
"Just do it", "Stay in the Game", "Simplify" and "Treat Others as Brilliant" are only a few of these.
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What is the MAGIC IF
Stanislavsky's technique is based on this concept - putting yourself in the character's situation.
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What are CENTERS
Being lead from different parts of your body, where your character's physical energy resides.
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What is UPSTAGE
Means to move towards the back of the stage or to draw the attention of the audience inappropriately.
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What is INFLECTION
A change in pitch, used to help indicate a question or emphasize an operative word.
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What is the Fourth Wall
Imaginary partition though which the audience watches the action on stage - used in Realistic theatre style
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What is ENDOWMENT
To project onto people or objects, qualities from your own imagination or experiences to bring them to life (using substitution or recall)
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What is SALUTATION TO THE SUN
The name of the yoga stretch we did every morning.
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What are SIGHTLINES
Areas on stage visible to the audience
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What is COINING
To make what is memorized seem natural and spontaneous.






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