Acting Terms

2. the illusion created by the words and given circumstances supplied by the playwright, combined with the actions and external of the actor
5. the physical pursuance of a specific goal
6. a single unit of action; a scene may comprise one or more of these
10. the event or condition indicating that an actor has succeeded in doing his action
12. any pice of information or activity written into the script comprising the imaginary framework within which an action is performed

1. the single overriding action that encompasses all the actions an actor pursues from scene to scene, beginning to end
3. the various skills and devices an actor has at his disposal
4. reacting impulsively to what the other actor in a scene does
7. a device designed to help someone remember something
8. a simple fantasy that makes specific for YOU the action you have chosen in your scene analysis; it brings the action to life in you
9. a knowledge of the tools that may be used and an understanding of how to apply those tools
11. the process whereby the action of a scene is determined
13. action the single element that defines what the character is doing in a scene, without which the scene will not work