Basic Acting Terms

2. walking from one side of the stage to the other
5. the unspoken thoughts and motives of your character, what they really think and believe.
7. approaches to achieving objectives
9. something in the way of your characters objectives
11. something you actually do
12. when the actor’s back is facing the audience
13. when the front of the body is toward the audience
14. where the actors go on stage given by the director

1. the setting, the events that led to the beginning of the play that are said in the script
2. When actor 1 crosses actor 2, actor 2 must move DS so he is on the same plane as actor 1
3. something your character wants.
4. the speed at which the lines are spoken
6. talking to another actor upstage therefore causing you to be closed off and giving the focus to the other actor
8. speaking and looking directly at the audience
10. Wall the imaginary wall on the DS side between you and the audience. As an actor you must know what is on the fourth wall