Script Analysis Vocabulary

What is character?

• A role that an actor portrays

• Conversation among actors

• The person who directs backstage

• A cast who works together

What is script analysis

• method of understanding a script

• method of understanding a director

• method of understanding a stage manager

• method of understanding an actor

An "objective" in script analysis is ______________.

• A character's want or need

• A fact

• Unchanging

• A disagreement

Actors BEST find objectives by asking themself this question:

• What do I want?

• How do I feel?

• What do I say?

• What am I fighting for?

Who uses script analyses?

• Actors
• Directors
• Designers
• All of the above

According to Stanislavski, what is an obstacle?

• what gets in the way of the objective

• something to climb over

• set pieces in the wings

• the director's coments

According to Stanislavski, what are the 'stakes'?

• the character's motivation

• used to keep set pieces in place

• they hold curtains down

• why the director does what he/she does

According to Stanislavski, what are 'tactics'?

• actions characters do to get what they want

• stage directions for the actor

• notes the stage manager uses

• comments from the audience

What did Stanislavski believe the actors main responsibility is?

• To be believable

• To entertain

• To engage the audience

• To fake it till you make it

What has the Stanislavski system come to be known as?

• The One

• The System

• The Method

• The Actor