Chapter 4 Acting

Emotional or Subjective Acting Technical or Objective Acting

Leading Roles Protagonist

Antagonist Supporting Roles

Straight Parts Character Parts

Characterization Primary Source

Secondary Sources Body Language

Master Gesture Inflection

Subtext Substitution

Improvisation Paraphrasing

Objective: Students will develop a special terminology used for acting Objective: Students will understand, practice and learn skills for Acting Objective: Students will develop a special terminology used for acting

Objective: Students will identify what it means “to act”. Objective: Students will identify the different types of roles for a performer Objective: Students will identify what it means “to act”.

Special Language of Acting Ad-lib At Rise Back or backstage Bit part Building a scene Business Countercross Cover Cross Cue Curtain Cut Cut in Down or Downstage Dressing the Stage Enter Exit or Exeunt Feeding Foil Hand Props

Special Language of Acting Hit Holding for Laughs Leading center Left and Right Master Gesture Milk Off or Offstage On or Onstage Overlap Pace Personal Props Places Plot Pointing Lines Principals Properties or Props

Special Language of Acting Ring up Role Scoring Script Scoring Set Set Props Sides Stealing a Scene Subtext Tag Line Taking the Stage Tempo Timing Top Up or Upstage Upstaging Walk-on Warn cue