CHAPTER 4 DEFINITIONS

Social Role - roles that are easily recognized by the audience, such as mother, father,
sister, brother, (etc).

Personal Role - roles that are developed with our family and friends. For example,
boasting about non-existent stunts that you’ve done to them.

Hubris - a term that originated from Greece it means exsseive pride

Acting on stage - Performers are needed to act out roles on a stage and is always in
the spotlight and the attention is on the individual who is speaking.

Acting in real life - With acting in real life actors know more knowledge about what
they’re acting about, and they’re roles aren’t essential

Inner Truth - the internal feelings, thoughts, and emotions of a character

Super Objective - A primary goal that a certain actor wants to achieve

Uta Hagn - it’s a German American Actress and she taught a lot of famous actors

Stanislovski Method - the method helps actors spiritually abd emotionally connect top
their

What actors do to prepare

● Practice lines with someone

● Practice emotions/emphasize for the lines
● Practice the actions involved with the lines/play