Acting Terminolgy
This game will teach you useful acting terms, since the acting industry runs on them.
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Topics of this game:
- Memory deeply rooted inside an actor that his/her emotional experiences begin to respond. He/She becomes capable of living on stage.
- The area of stage in front of proscenium arch.
- A tech rehearsal where to save time, action and text is cut out between cues.
- A profession in theater that deals mainly with the research and development of plays.
- A term used among actors before performance or audition which means “Good Luck”
- When theatre room is surrounded in black curtains and audience are in the same room with performers
- A walkway that goes through two different seat areas
- A raw footage that has been shot that day and is yet to be edited
- A piece of equipment used on the camera to allow for more mobility.
- Trade Union to protect all kinds of performers in the business by regulating pay and working conditions
- Special effects
- Tool used in post-production to correct dialogue that has already been shot, OR use of audio/music on the loop
- A performance of the show that takes place in the afternoon
- Same as Cattle Call; long days of general Auditions available for anybody
- Technique of using one audio track/sound on top of another
- A sweeping camera shot/movement that goes from one end to the other without any cuts
- A pretend speech when Extras in the background are imitating real conversations; same as Ad Lib
- A first episode of the TV show that is produced in order to sell the whole show
- A person who writes plays and dramatic literature, also known as Dramatist
- Time of practice and Blocking before the actual performance either on stage or in front of the camera
- Recording of a sound on location, sometimes referred to as Wild Track
- The number of times that the stage show has been performed
- A drop of special material used to for setting the scene
- A transition from one shot to the other
- List of people working who have been booked for that particular day
- A old-fashioned command from a Crew member to indicate that everything is ready for filming the scene
- The same thing as Marking Out
- A small device that simulates a bullet-shot on the body and similar effects
- Whisper during a show that isn’t supposed to be heard by the audience
- The true feeling behind the words that a character is saying
- Implication of an actor commencing work on that particular day; term used on the Call Sheet
- Five minute break
- An opening on the stage where something or someone can be hidden
- Shot from a different direction, OR the time between finishing work and starting it the next day
- An actor who learns one or more roles to substitute in case principal actors cannot perform
- Payment made to actors who use their own Wardrobe during the filming
- During unplanned weather conditions, the production can dismiss actors 4 hours after the Call Time
- The person responsible for the younger cast members
- Party that takes place after the production has been finished and Wrapped
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