Acting Techniques and Performance Fundamentals

Physical Memory and Creative Acting

1. Circle the correct answers: What is physical memory?

• a. When actors recall a body position
• b. To recreate a posture you saw before

2. What is a creative actor?

It is a type of actor that adds their personal techniques to their performance.

Acting Statements: True or False

3. Read the statements and answer true or false:

• A. In oral expression, we eat as the character. (False)
• B. We can speak with modulations on stage. (True)
• C. Facial expression is not important. (False)
• D. Actors have to think as a character at all times. (True)

Key Performance Concepts

4. Answer the following questions:

a. What are the given circumstances?

The date, the day, the weather, the age, the stage, the script, the director, the costumes, and everything related to your play.

b. What is the super objective?

It is a task where the actor gives the entire sense to the character, and it is the reason to perform the action.

Facial Expressions and Emotions

5. What do these faces express or show?

• Smug
• Hopeful
• Overjoyed
• Upset
• Very surprised
• Doubt

Emotional Memory and Stage Presence

Answer the following questions:

a. What is emotional memory?

It is to remember your feelings from the past and express them in a scene or situation.

b. What is stage concentration?

It is to create your own circle of attention, which is called "loneliness in public."

Positive Emotions

Ecstatic, blissful, confident, happy, curious, pleased, triumphant, attentive, self-collected, dreamy.

Negative Emotions

Demure, cautious, guilty, frightened, tired, envious, unsure, disappointed, hurt, bored.

Actor Expressions

7. What do these actors express or show?

• Happiness
• Sadness
• Worry
• Disgust
• Anger
• Sadness

Theater and Expression Fundamentals

19. Answer true or false:

• a. Acting in theater is the same as in a play. (True)
• b. It is important to wear a costume. (True)
• c. Facial expression is not important. (False)
• d. Actors have expression abilities. (True)

20. What is facial expression?

It is when actors make gestures and recreate a facial movement they saw before.

21. What is an actor?

It is an artist who is in charge of making plays, sketches, movies, or films.

22. What is expression?

They are the different ways we modulate our means of communication.