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    Acting Terminology

    Character: the part an actor plays

    Relationship: the shared bond of history and feelings between two characters

    Motivation: the reason why your character does what he does

    Setting: where and when the scene takes place

    Situation: what is happening or going on surrounding the story that affects it

    Objective/goal: what your character wants to do to or get from others (‘I want to…”)

    Action Verb: type of word stating objectives and tactics

    Motivation: why your character wants what he wants

    Opposites: contradictions and ambivalence within your character’s desires

    Discovery: something that happens or is understood for the first time

    Importance/Stakes: emotional significance of the outcome to your character

    Text: the words spoken by the characters

    Subtext: the meaning and unspoken undercurrents under the words

    Moment Before: the character's experience prior to the beginning of a play or scene

    Exposition: the part of a script that gives the basic facts needed to understand the story and the characters;
    the part where we learn who, where, when, etc…

    Rising Action: the part of a scene or play where two opposing characters' objectives clash and build up the
    tension of the scene

    Conflict: the clash that results when two opposing objectives meet

    Climax: the section of a scene where one character wins and the other loses objective

    Resolution: the period after the climax, as we see the way each person copes with the outcome

    Blocking: the actors' stage movements in the scene

    Business: blocking that involves the specific, necessary use of a prop

    Ground Plan: overhead view sketch of the setting

    Analysis: Using script information, imagination, observation and research to create a character
    ACTING TERMINOLOGY Name___________________
    Acting 1 Block___________________
    PLEASE WRITE THE CORRECT TERM FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING
    DEFINITIONS IN THE SPACE PROVIDED. GOOD LUCK!
    _____________the part an actor plays
    _____________the shared bond of history and feelings between two characters
    _____________the reason why your character does what he does
    _____________where and when the scene takes place
    _____________what is happening or going on surrounding the story that affects it
    _____________what your character wants to do to or get from others (‘I want to...”)
    _____________type of word stating objectives and tactics
    _____________why your character wants what he wants
    _____________contradictions and ambivalence within your character’s desires
    _____________something that happens or is understood for the first time
    _____________emotional significance of the outcome to your character
    _____________the words spoken by the characters
    _____________the meaning and unspoken undercurrents under the words
    _____________the character's experience prior to the beginning of a play or scene
    _____________the part of a script that gives the basic facts needed to understand the story
    _____________the part of a scene or play where two opposing characters' objectives clash and build up the
    tension of the scene
    _____________the clash that results when two opposing objectives meet
    _____________the section of a scene where one character wins and the other loses
    _____________the period after the climax, as we see the way each person copes
    _____________the actors' stage movements in the scene
    ____________blocking that involves the specific, necessary use of a prop
    _____________overhead view sketch of the setting
    _____________Using script information, imagination, observation and research to create a character

    Character. Text
    Relationship. SubText
    Motivation Moment Before
    Setting. Exposition
    Situation. Rising Action
    Objective/goal. Conflict
    Action Verb. Climax
    Motivation. Resolution
    Opposites. Blocking
    Discovery. Business
    Importance/Stakes. Ground Plan

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