Tableau

Tableau Vivant means:

• Table pictures

• Moving Pictures

• Living People

• Living Pictures

Placing actors in the foreground and background is an important tool to create an effective tableau.

• True

• False

What levels should actors be filling in a tableau?

• Low

• Medium

• High

• All of the above

Cheating to the audience means...

• lying to the audience about your character.

• turning at an angle so the entire audience can see your face.

• acting so well the audience believes you.

• turning your back to the audience.

Staying open on the stage means...

• choosing a place on stage that allows you to be seen by the audience.

• keeping your arms in the air the whole performance.

The focal point is the central place of action for the audience to concentrate on. All characters help lead the audience's ___________ to the focal point.

Tick all answers that are true about expression on stage.

• Your face and body convey the character's emotion.

• Your expression should be more exaggerated than in normal life.

• Expression on stage is usually bigger than on film.

• Expression on stage is not important. Voice is the most important thing.

Every tableau should tell a clear _______________ with identifiable characters.

In tableau, a cue is...

• the tallest person.

• the signal to change from one scene to another.

• a line you wait in.

• how you move your arms.

Transitions from one scene to the next are done...

• slowly, silently and with control.

• quickly.

• any way you want.

• in a casual manner.