Acting 1 final 2023 spring
Across
- 3. the character's NEED; also the "O" in C.R.O.W.
- 4. the type of acting we study and see most often
- 5. members of the Greek Chorus wore these to show emotion and / or character
- 8. the other way of connecting to a character; what Stanislavski said was more important
- 9. each line of Shakespeare's meter should have ten __________
- 10. according to Stanislavski, in order for characters to appear real, actors must give them this, as well as "inner thought"
- 11. a contemporary of Shakespeare; died mysteriously in a bar fight
- 14. a Greek term that we still use today to describe a type of theater (our auditorium is one); literally means "audience before the scene"
- 15. a verb that describes how to say a line of dialogue; also a way to connect emotional to your character
- 17. this is a motivated piece of action, also a word mispronounced by the Americans from the Russians
- 18. means motivated movement onstage
- 20. a plot device implemented by the Greeks; literally means "God from Machine"
- 21. these are what make us human and what we should connect to as actors, NOT the circumstances
- 23. the largest acting training facility in the world, based out of Chicago, known for their comedic improv
- 27. this is actually feeling what others feel, rather than feeling for them
- 29. the stage direction AWAY from the audience
- 30. the type of poetic meter Shakespeare wrote in
- 33. the way an actor should talk while answering questions about their character doing the word ‘acting’ literally means this
- 34. each line of Shakespeare's meter would have an __________, then stressed syllabic pattern
- 35. this word literally means "to do"
- 36. city where Stanislavski was from
- 37. complete the quote: "acting is living ______under imaginary circumstances"
Down
- 1. one part of creating a character is through the character's action or ___________
- 2. a type of Italian theater that led to modern improvisation
- 6. the act for feeling FOR someone, instead of with them
- 7. the father or modern realistic acting
- 12. the dominant, or most important, emotion your character feels
- 13. the emotion expelling when watching a performance
- 16. by the middle ages, theater had been ________
- 19. one way of connecting to the character's emotion is through the use of __________ to create a similar emotional situation
- 22. this person formalized improv through the study of different games and the use or C.R.O.W.
- 24. emotions cannot be "acted" truthfully; instead they must be __________
- 25. the "first" actor
- 26. one way of connecting to a character is through the actor’s own ___________
- 28. first known as the "magic if," another way of connecting emotionally to a character
- 29. a smile is a smile wherever you go as are tears, thus emotions are __________
- 31. this is an acronym with 4 letters that are also know as the "given circumstances"
- 32. the stage direction to the actor's RIGHT if FACING the audience