Acting skills: voice, movement and characterisation quiz - SQA National 5 Drama quiz

Pace

Pitch

Projection

Tone

How loud or quiet the voice is

How high or low the voice is

How clearly words are formed

How fast the speech is

Stressing particular words

A regional voice that places a character

Sending the voice out so it carries without shouting

A silence used for tension

Posture

Gait

Gesture

Emphasis

Authority, calm or control

Panic and fear

Youth and excitement

Nervousness and uncertainty

Volume

Posture

Clarity

Accent

The pitch of the voice

The colour of the costumes

The use of space and distance between characters

The order of the scenes

Standing tall and taking the centre of the space

Holding steady, direct eye contact

Moving slowly and deliberately

Shrinking, looking down and yielding space

Building and sustaining a believable role from voice, movement and understanding of the character

The lighting plan for a scene

The order in which events are arranged

The genre of the piece

To decide the ticket price

Because they give consistent reasons for every voice and movement choice

To choose the interval length

Because the audience cannot see them

To speak only once in the scene

To change the character often for variety

To keep the character consistent and stay in role, responding truthfully throughout

To leave the stage between lines

The set built behind the actors

The programme notes for the audience

The lighting cue sheet

What a character really feels beneath what they say

Two contrasting acting roles

A single short monologue only

A written essay

A lighting design only

The candidate's classmates

A visiting assessor, against published marking instructions

Nobody; it is not assessed

An online automated system

Because emotions are banned on stage

Because the audience cannot see emotion

Because it produces a shallow, inconsistent performance

Because only movement counts, not feeling