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Acting Vocabulary
The Stage and The School Ch. on Acting
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Film, Theatre & Television
9th Grade
02/22/2008

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Emotional / Subjective Acting
Definition
actors play their parts in such a way that they actually weep, suffer, or struggle emotionally; they become their parts
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Technical / Objective Acting
Definition
use of learned skills of acting, movement, speech, and interpretation to create roles, no emotional response is used; performance based on technique
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Leading Roles
Definition
main characters in a play
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Protagonist
Definition
the main character in a play; must solve the problem that arises in the play
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Antagonist
Definition
person or force working against the protagonist in a play
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Supporting Roles
Definition
those characters who act as contrasts to others; characters with whom other characters are compared
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Straight Parts
Definition
a role in which the actor and the character portrayed are similar in appearance and personality
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Character Parts
Definition
role in which an actor portrays traits that differ from his or her own to produce a desired character
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Characterization
Definition
putting together all facets of a character to bring life and interest to that character
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Foil
Definition
an acting role that is used for personality comparison, usually with the main character
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Ingenue
Definition
a female lead between the ages of sixteen and thirty
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Juvenile
Definition
a male lead between the ages of sixteen and thirty
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Typecasting
Definition
identifying and casting an actor in the same kind of role aver and over
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Pause
Definition
a lull or a stop in dialogue or action on order to sustain emotion
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Versatility
Definition
the ability to change style or character with ease
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Countercross
Definition
movement in opposite directions by two or more actors to balance the stage picture
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Upstaging
Definition
improperly taking attention from an actor who should be the focus of attention
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“Cheat Out”
Definition
technique of pivoting the torso so that the face is toward the audience even when facing sideways
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“Share a scene”
Definition
situation in which two actors stand or sit parallel to eachother
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“Giving the Scene”
Definition
shifting audience attention from one actor to another
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“Turning the Scene In”
Definition
focusing audience attention on the actor who is the real center of the dramatic action by having the other actors shift their bodies and look at this key character
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“Taking Yourself Out Of A Scene”
Definition
the actor’s turning away from the audience into a three-quarter-back or full-back position
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Primary Source
Definition
the individual whose posture, movements, habits, voice inflections, and mannerisms are observed in order to build character
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Secondary Source
Definition
books that help in developing characterization
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Body Language
Definition
communication that uses gestures, posture, and facial expressions instead of words
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Master Gesture
Definition
a distinctive action that is repeated and serves as a clue to a character’s personality, such as a peculiar laugh or walk
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Subtext
Definition
the meaning “between the lines” that an actor must draw from the script
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Substitution
Definition
the use of an actor’s personal experience to relate to the experience of a character in a play
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Paraphrasing
Definition
restating lines in one’s own words
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Cut-off-lines
Definition
lines interrupted by another speaker and indicated by dashes in the script
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fade-out lines
Definition
lines that actors trail off rather than finishing
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laugh curve
Definition
the audience’s reaction that actors listen for in order to anticipate the length of time the audience will laugh
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Opera
Definition
a form of musical theater in which all conversations are sung
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Operetta
Definition
a form of musical theater in which the music is lighter than opera and
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Comic Opera
Definition
a humorous or satirical operetta
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Musical Revue
Definition
a production consisting of a series of independent song-and-
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Musical comedy
Definition
a form of musical theater; a combination of operetta and
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Musical Play
Definition
a form of musical theater in which the emphasis is on real people
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Crossover
Definition
a term that describes characters walking across the stage together or entering from opposite sides and meeting on the stage
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Change music
Definition
the music played between scenes while sets are being changed
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Spoof
Definition
a farcical literary work that pokes fun at certain subjects or time periods
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Satire
Definition
a style of comedy that presents humourous attacks on accepted conventions of society, holding up human vices and follies to ridicule
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Concept Musical
Definition
a series of loosely connected scenes that focus on a theatrical concept
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Hanging plot
Definition
a listing of all the flying scenery and what is on each piece, prepared by the technical director or the stage manager
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Storage Plot
Definition
a diagram showing how scenic units are to be stored in the wing areas during a show
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Backlighting
Definition
the use of lighting instruments above and behind performers to accent the performers and set them apart from the background
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Reversibles
Definition
a costume that is double-faced so that by reversing it the illusion of a different costume is created
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Coordinates
Definition
costumes that are separates, which are interchangeable, or sometimes reversible, such as ties, vests, and so on
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combo
Definition
a small group of instrumentalists
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Choreographer
Definition
a person who designs dance for the stage
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Choreography
Definition
the dances designed for a production
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Composer
Definition
a person who writes music
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Chorus
Definition
in present-day theater, the singers in a musical, other than the principals
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Overture
Definition
the music, usually a medley of the show’s songs, played at the beginning of a musical
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Score
Definition
the music of a show as composed
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