1.Improvisation Is When You Perform a Scene Without A
Drama 2 Midterm
1.Improvisation is when you perform a scene without a:
2.In improvisation, as well as any acting in general, the more you ______, the more you can participate, and the easier reacting becomes.
3.Do all improvisation scenes need to be comedic?
4.The basic story line of a well-constructed improv includes:
5.The problem or obstacles a character must overcome is known as the:
6.What happens in the beginning of a scene:?
7.What happens in the middle of a scene:?
8.What happens in the end of a scene:?
9.When given an improv scene, you need to immediately determine:
10.When you do or say something inconsistent with the character you are playing, it is called:
11.A verbal command used when ending a scene:
12.A verbal command given by the director to stop dialogue and movement.
13.The skill we worked on while playing Murder in the Dark was:
14.The skill we worked on while playing Slow Motion Samurai was:
15.The skill we worked on while playing Who Started the Motion was:
16.The skill we worked on while playing Super Heroes was:
17.Molly’s performance in front of the class is so quiet that her teacher can’t hear her. She knows all of her lines and uses facial expressions. What does Molly need to work on?
18.The draperies covering the proscenium opening, separating the audience from the stage.
19.Offstage space to the sides of the acting area.
20.The part of the stage extending past the proscenium arch extending towards the audience.
21.The most common stage:
22.A 4-sided stage built like a box with one side cut away. The audience all sits and faces the same way.
23.A stage constructed so that the audience can sit on all sides, also known as “theatre-in-the-round” or “central staging”
24.A stage that extends into the seating area. The audience sits on three sides of the stage.
25.Consists of a simple, somewhat bare performance space, usually a large square room with black walls and a flat floor.
26.Theatre made by converting a space that was not originally intended to be a stage into a stage.
27.What type of stage was Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
28.Which stage literally translates to “picture frame?”
29.The section of the theatre where the audience sits. Also called “out front”
30.Anything within the stage and is visible to the audience
31.Anything that is not visible to the audience
32.The rooms behind the stage, not visible to the audience where the actors get ready for the performance and spend time when not on stage.
33.The movements of an actor during a production.
34.An appealing and meaningful arrangement of performers at any given point on the stage. The picture that the audience sees.
35.Imaginary divisions giving depth to the proscenium stage.
36.The five different angles that an actor’s positions onstage can be described in relation to the audience.
37.Stage directions are always from the ______perspective
38.Upstage is ______to the audience.
39.Downstage is ______to the audience.
40.To position or turn the body more towards the audience
41.Turning the body more towards center stage
42.Turning the body more towards the side of the stage.
43.All actors in a conversation turning more towards the audience than they would in a normal conversation.
44.The acting technique of moving back on the stage, away from the audience, so that another actor must turn her back toward them.
45.The actors onstage assume positions of equal strength by opening up to the audience equally.
46.When an actor moves to a different part of the stage to allow another actor more emphasis or attention.
47.The actor that is getting more emphasis when another actor gives
48.In order to act out a character in the best way possible, you should:
49.Give an example of bad audience behavior.
50.What are the children’s names in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
51.What does Professor Potts do for a living?
52.What was the name of the Potts family dog?
53.What kind of meal did Professor Potts cook on his invention in the kitchen while singing, “You Two?”
54.How was Professor Potts able to afford the car?
55.What kind of factory does Lord Scrumptious own?
56.What can Chitty do besides drive on the road?
57.How does the child catcher trick the kids into coming with him?
58.What fictional country did the Baron live in?
59.What’s strange about the country that the Baron rules?
60.How did the children say the story ends?
61.Why doesn’t Caractacus want to marry Truly?
62.Draw a picture of a costume of one character from the show The Little Mermaid. You may use one of the costumes from the movie we watched or be creative and design your own.
63.Think of the different locations from the scenes in The Little Mermaid. Choose one and draw a set design for one of the scenes.
64.Draw a double bubble map comparing and contrasting the two versions of The Little Mermaid that we watched. Make sure you have at least 5 things listed in each section. Extra credit if you have 10 or more in any box.
65.On your own paper, write a review of your favorite version of The Little Mermaid. Make sure you discuss the following: Which one was your favorite, Acting, Singing, Choreography, Sets, Costumes, Blocking, Why you preferred this version over the other one, changes you would make if you were directing this show, your favorite part of the show, and anything else you would like to discuss about the show. You may put them in whatever order you would like.