Chapter 7 Quiz

Delivering lines based loosely on the written script or without rehearsal is called

Early screen-acting is characterized by _____________ gestures and ____________.

Generally, which element of film generally draws the audience to the movies?

Improvised acting allows directors to play a less active role when working with actors.

In the studio era, an option contract allowed an actor to drop an "option" and choose to move to another studio after their contract expired.

In what situation must actors focus on the communicative power of slight facial gestures while ignoring the expressive potential of their bodies?

The alienation effect or distancing effect seeks to ___________ the artificiality of performance and ____________ the audience's identification with the characters.

These are real-life people who take roles in feature films (not documentaries) to play characters whose lives are very much like their own.

This naturalistic style of acting encourages actors to speak, move, and gesture not in a traditional stage manner but just as they would in their own lives.

What actress is credited with inventing the art of screen acting, whose performance in Broken Blossoms (1919) is considered the first great film performance by an actor?

What does it mean if actors are typecast?

What is a blimp?

Which figure is associated with nonnaturalistic performance?

Which individual is capable of molding a performance with the greatest degree of control?

Which of the following clips is an example of nonnaturalistic performance?

Why do the movie stars of today earn more money than stars in classical Hollywood?