Drama I Acting

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Drama I Acting
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Terms

• Monologue- A single actor performing lines
  onstage
• Cheating out- turning your body so the audience
  can see you
• Projection- using diction and volume to insure
  that the audience can hear you.

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Know your Character/ Character Analysis

• As an actor you need to know MORE about than your
  character than you actual portray. (ex. Age,
  place of origin, background stories)
• The more you know about your character the more
  effective your performance will be be.

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Characteristics

• Think about your characters internal traits
• Mental characteristics intelligent, clever,
  dull, slow, average
• Lifestyle characteristics ideals, ethical code,
  attitude toward people and life
• Emotional characteristics confident, outgoing,
  poised, sullen, confused, nervous, cynical. How
  do these affect his or her responses.

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External Traits

• Posture how does your character sit/stand, walk
• Movement and Gestures How does their age affect
  their movement. What do their gestures say about
  their personality (ex. Nervous, clam)

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External Traits

• Mannerisms Does the character have any specific
  movements that show their personality (ex. Nail
  biting)
• Voice dialect or vocal mannerisms

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Motivation

• Motivation a specific reason for doing or saying
  anything.
• Objective what the actor needs in the monologue
  or scene
• Obstacle what is standing in the way of the
  characters objective

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Character DevelopmentStyle

• Realistic imitates real life
• Non realistic the characters and/or situations
  are exaggerated (Presentational)
• Subtext What the character is thinking while
  they are talkingor what the character means by a
  line of dialouge