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Acting Vocab 1
quiz one
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| drama | a literary composition performed onstage |
| conflict | a struggle between 2 opposing forces |
| empathy | emotional identification with someone or something outside oneself |
| proscenium | arch framing stage |
| thrust or apron | section of stage in front of curtain |
| orchestra section | ground floor seats (pit) |
| mezanine | front of first balcony |
| improvisation | the impromptu portrayal of a character or a scene without rehearsal or preparation |
| spotaneity | goals of director of a play, challenge cast, and pleasure audience |
| "illusion of first time" | a situation in which an audience is led to believe that each performance is the first |
| scene-stealing | calling attention to yourself onstage and diverting attention away from the main actors |
| character centered plot | focusing on a character or group of characters who experience different situations as they occur |
| situation centered plot | approach that typically takes a single situation on and places a number of characters in the situation to demonstrate how different personalities will respond to the same event |
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