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