Character and Emotion

What is the process of creating and developing a character called?

• Characterisation

• Character Profile

• Role Play

• Improvisation

What is a character profile?

• A collection of stories about a character

• A list of facts about a character

• A picture of a character

• A sound recording of a character

What is visualisation?

• When an actor sees a character for the first time

• When the audience sees a character for the first time

• Where an actor imagines themselves in a situation as their character

• A technique where an actor imagines what their character looks like

Which two of these must you do when you are hot-seating?

• The audience must ask the actor questions

• The actor must respond in character

• The audience must take notes

• The actor should ask the audience questions

What is the name of the technique when an actor takes on and performs a character different from themselves?

• Physical theatre

• Narration

• Mime

• Role Play

What is the name given to a speech that is performed by one actor alone?

• Monologue

• Duologue

• Dialogue

• Narration

What is the name of the technique when a performance is made up on the spot?

• Devising

• Improvisation

• Transition

• Proxemics

Using vertical space on stage to make performances more interesting is known as...

• Transitions

• Tableaux

• Levels

• Status

If a director asks an actor to explore their proxemics what are they asking them to look at?

• Use of levels

• Communication of status

• How they use their voice to show emotion

• Spatial relationships with other characters

Which two skills would you use to show that your character has high status in a scene?

• Stand on a higher level to make you taller

• Sit on the floor in the centre of the stage

• Close your proxemics with another character

• Look away from another character and glance at the floor