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| The impromptu portrayal of a character or a scene without any rehearsal or preparation |
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| Voice, Body Language, and Movement |
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| Primary means of conveying a character |
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| Naturalness in a play, needed to keep a production fresh |
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| Illusion of the first time |
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| Challenge of the cast because after weeks of rehearsals or after many performances to make the audience feel like each performance is the first |
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| To be visible onstage but not play an active part in the scene |
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| Calling attention to one's presence on stage and diverting attention away from the main actors |
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| An approach to telling a story that focuses on a character or group of characters who experience different situations |
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| An approach to telling a story that takes a single situation or a series of situations and puts characters in them to show how different personalities respond to the same event |
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| Situation comedies. Many television shows are called this because they are situation-centered |
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| A problem or challenge a character or characters must face |
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| thoughts and emotions (internal) |
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| hear, see, taste, feel, smell (external) |
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Natural way you respond to things
1. Stimulus
2. Respond to it
3. React vocally and physically |
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| Change in your internal or external environment that you respond to |
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| Step in which the idea connects and your brain registers the stimulus - usually takes a fracion of a second |
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| Final response to a stimuli in whuch you react vocally and/or physically |
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| Putting together all the facets of a character to bring life and interest to that character |
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| The reason behind a character's behavior |
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Character Development
Allows for greater individual imagination and deeper characterization than group imrovisations. You develop individual characters in definite situations, reacting to imaginary persons or crowd, or showing particular moods |
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