Acting BA
Acting 1 with Hhhhhhhh at Walled Lake Western High School
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By: Jessica Borin
Created: 2011-10-10
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A Capella
without accompniment
Actor's Equity Association
a union that gives insurance amoung other things
Audition
tryout
Backstage
areas not visible to the audience
Bit
1. small, non-speaking role
2. routine developed by a performer to enhance characterization
Blocking Rehersal
rehersal to place the character in their positions on stage
"Break a Leg"
euphesisim used to say "Good Luck"
Call
time a performer must be at a theater to perpare
Callback
after the initial audition when the acter is under consideration and must audition again
Catwalk
area above the stage and house used by technicians to do lights and scenery
CHeat Front
to improve their projection, an actor turns his/her head toward the audience
Choreographer
comes up with dance staps and teaches them to the actors
Cue
signal to enter, exit, or speak
Curtain Call
Appearance of the actors at the end of the show to take their bow
Cyc (cyclorama)
meaning sky in greek, it is a screen behind the stage that is sometimes projected on
Dark
1. the beginning of a scene when the lights are off
2. a closed theater
Dialect
to more realisticly portray a character, an actor adopts a regional speaking pattern
Director
tells the performer what to do in the scene
Dressing Room
the place that an changes
Ensemble
the cast
Fly
used to fly actors or scenery on an off the stage
Focus
attracting attention to your self in either a positive or negative way, also used in lighting
Fourth Wall
the imaginary wall between the audience and the actors/stage
Gel
Covering that goes over a light to change the colr and the mood
Go Up
to mess up your lines or the start of the show
Green Room
Actors wait for the scenes
House
the front of the theater where the audience sits
Lights up
the show begins
masking
drapes that cover the wings
Monologue
1. an acting piece performed by 1 person
2. prepared for an audition
3. Comedy or drama
Musical Director
is responsible for all music in rehersals and shows
Notes
Given to the cast to improve a performance
off Book
when an actor has memorized his/her lines
pace
energy of the show
pit
where the orchestra
pit rail
railing in the front of the pit
producer
1. individual(s) who pay(s) the costs of the show
2. hopefully in return for financial profit
projection
volume at which lines are spoken also sometimes an image projected onto the stage that create a scenic effect
props
1. any prop carried or used by an actor on stage
2. actors always know where their props are
3. they don't let anyone touch them
prop mister or miistress
technician in charge of props
props table
1. table backstage where props are stored by prop mistress/mister
2. HANDS OFF!
proscenium
front part of the stage
read through
the cast reads the script at the first rehersal
royalties
the amount of money payed by the theater to produce a play
soliloguey
lengthy speach in a play by one individual who is generally alone on the stage (used frequently in shakspeare plays
stage directions
used by the director and performer to indicate the movements of the performer on stage. always given from the performer's point of view (right/left/up/down from their perspective)
stage door
entrance and exit door immediatly leading on to the stage, a great place for autographs
stage manager
1. individual who assists everyone
2. in anyway needed at rehersal
3. when the show goes up-he/she becomes boos
4. reputaion for being grumpy
strike
1. time period immediatly after the shoe
2. the set is taken down
3. actors are expected to help in any way that does not violate union rules
technical directors
individual responsible for everything that does not involve performing (ex lights, sets, costumes, makeup, props, etc)
theater in the round
a theater where the stage in the middle of the audiennce and the performers are surronded on all sides by the audience
under five
a small speaking part in a film or on television
warm up
the excirsises done by the cast before the show to improve physical movements, voice quality, and mental energy
wings
the areas to stage laft and stage right where a performer enters and exits, covered by masking
About this deck
By: Jessica Borin
Created: 2011-10-10
Size: 54 flashcards
Views: 7
Created: 2011-10-10
Size: 54 flashcards
Views: 7
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