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Drama Final Flashcards part 2
Part 2
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10th Grade
12/18/2012

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Cold Reading
Definition
auditioning with a script that you have not read before the audition
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Cross
Definition
the move from on place onstage to another
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Focus
Definition
the intended point of interest onstage
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Master gesture
Definition
a characteristic gesture
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Open
Definition
to keep you face and front of your body visible to the audience as much as possible
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Shared position
Definition
a position onstage in which one actor mirrors another characters body position
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Subtext
Definition
information that is implied but not stated by a character
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Upstage (verb)
Definition
to stand upstage of another actor on a proscenium stage
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Blocking
Definition
coordination of actors movements onstage
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Denouement
Definition
the final resolution of the conflict in a plot
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Exposition
Definition
the beginning part of a play that provides important background information
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Farce
Definition
comedy with exaggerated characterizations
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Ground plan
Definition
a top-view drawing of the floor plan of a set usually in scale
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Inciting incident
Definition
the event that sets in motion the action of the play
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Level
Definition
the height of an actors head onstage
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Plane
Definition
the depth of an actors position onstage
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Royalty
Definition
a fee paid for producing a written work
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Stage (verb)
Definition
to bring to life onstage
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Cue line
Definition
a final line that signals an actor to begin the next speech
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Fourth wall
Definition
an imaginary wall between the audience and the actors in a representational show
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Off book
Definition
rehearsing without a script after lines are memorized
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On book
Definition
rehearsing with a script
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