Exam 7: The Art of Acting

When actors thinks back over certain incidents in their lives and remember them well enough to relive the accompanying emotions, it is called…

If a character's inner conflict is powerful enough to affect his or her good judgment and cause the character to make unfortunate choices, it is called a…

This is another term for digital actors.

This is the small room where the actors wait to make their entrances.

What is the method Stanislavsky advocated to help actors get to the point of feeling a strong empathy for his/her character?

Stanislavsky is perhaps the most famous acting teacher of the twentieth century. His method of acting became known as…

One key to understanding a character's motivation is to look at it from the character's point of view. A well-drawn character is always attempting to change negatives into positives. This is called…

Which is not an actor's union?

The most important want or driving force that governs the actions of the character during the entire play is called…

The ability to understand and identify with another's situation, feelings, and motives so completely that you feel you are experiencing that situation and those emotions is called…

How much are actors paid in an Equity waiver production?

When actors have little or no emotional bond with a character, they replace the character's emotions with unrelated but personal emotions of their own. This technique is called…

This acting technique allows actors to find similarities between themselves and the character and to explore the resulting emotions and thoughts by asking an important question.

This can include broad topics such as upbringing, religion, and social standing, but it can also include what happened to the character the moment before he or she entered the stage.

In this type of audition the actors are only given about a minute to perform. What is this type of fast-moving audition called?