Sample Question paper for Acting Course | FTII- ENTRANCE EXAM .

Q. 1 a) Write a note on Michael Chekhov

B) What is psycho-physical acting?

C) What are the Key elements of Psycho-physical acting?

D) What’s the role of ‘psychological gesture’ in Chekhov’s technique?

Q 2. Analyze a "Method Actor" of your choice from Hollywood Films selecting 3 Films
where he used the Method acting .

Q3. What is psycho-physical acting? What are the Key elements of Psycho-physical
acting?

Q4. As an actor, If you want to work with a director whom would you choose and why
.Explain in 300 words ?

Q5. “Theatre " is an Actor’s medium and "Film" is Director’s medium.” Comment.

Q6.Write the Characteristic Highlight of one of your close relatives?

Q7. What happens when you get a script in your hand ?What would you do if you found
any dissimilarities between you and the character you are paying?

Q8. Write a scene to describe what happens after the end of the play that you have
seen?

Q9. What are the main difference between

a) acting in a Play,

b) acting for TV serial

c) Acting for a feature film.

Q10. How acting in an Ad film ( TVC) vary from the rest of the three Style mentioned
above.

Q 11. What are the important thing you will take care while preparing for a "Comic Role"
in feature film.

Q12. As an actor, what is more Important, Pilot sound track to be used or Dubbing
dialogues to be used. What are the advantage and Disadvantage of Dubbing for an
actor

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Q13.As an actor, what are technical points related to an Audiography and
Cinematography one need to take care while on the set to deliver an optimum
performance.

Q.14.‘Smell triggers memory.” Describe one smell and memory that it triggered in you.

Q.15 . As an actor, If you want to work with a director whom would you choose?

Q.16 . Name any one performer/ performance in a film that you felt over-rated.

Q.17 . Describe any space / building / monument that you visited, using the
feeling/perception of your five senses.

Q.18 . What is acting? Why would you like to undergo the training?

Q.19 How a ‘good actor’ can contribute to the screenplay of a Director?

Q.20 . Write a note on a traditional/ folk form of your region.

Q.21 Write a note on the lesser known folk/ traditional form of your region.

Q.22 . Difference between stage and theatre acting in terms of Voice and Movement.

Q.23 Associate different characters of a play that you have read to different animals of
your choice and explain the reason.

Q.24 What happens when you get a script in your hand? What would you do if you find
any dissimilarities between you and the character you are playing?

Q.25 Write a critical review of a Indian Hindi film/ English Film that you have recently
seen which was Released on Cinema halls in Indian in Dec 2019 or Jan 2020.

Q.26. Write a Scene to describe what happens after the end of a play that you have
read.

Q.27 Write the Characteristic highlight of one of your close relatives.

Q.28. How do you prepare a role from given script? what are the difficulties one
encounters while preparing the same?

Q.29 . What are the aesthetic and technical instructions will be given to an actor in
television/ film?

Q.30 . What are the questions an actor may ask his director after reading the dialogues
of a scene? Answer in 4-5 points.
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 Q. 31 . Write a short notes about acting technique in 300 words about any two of the
following schools .

1.Konstantin Stanislavski.

2.Vsevolod Emilevich Meyerhold

3.Jerzy Grotowski

4.Stella Adler

5.Sanford Meisner

6. Bertolt Brecht

7. Lee Strasberg

Q.32 . How the ‘Method’ is different from Stanislavsky’s ‘System’?

Q.33. Differentiate between ‘Method’ Acting and ‘Classical’ Acting

Q.34 What are the key elements of Meisner technique of acting?

Q. 35 How Meisner Technique is different from Method Acting?

Q. 36 Explain the importance of improvisation in Meisner technique.

Q.37. How ‘Magic If’ helps to build a character?

Q.38 How to choose an acting technique?

1.Critically examine the performance of one of the actors of their film?

(a)Naseerudhin Shah

(b)Kon Kona Sen

(c)Kamal Hassan

(d)Marlon Brando

(e)Irffan Khan

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(f)ShabanaAzmi

(g)Meryl Streep

(h)Tabu

Ans.

o What type of characters are being played by him/her.

o How is the actor in person.
o Has he or she pushed himself or herself out of her genre.
o What are his/her acting styles?
o How is the character bringing up the plot or giving an impact to the plot.
o Taking a scene from his or her movie as an example.
2.Write in details about the traditional or folk or tribal theatre form of your region?

Ans.

o Historical relevance and changes.

o Social relevance, history etc should be there for example: Ram Leela- good winning over
bad(religious aspect).
o Language-does this form has a particular language or dialect? are they using any poetic
techniques while communication? is there any direct connection with you.
o Story line-that is whether the performer is using different story or same story? Do they
have different particular factor?
o Space-is it open space or closed space or is a stage put up for the performance? Were
are the audience seated and were is the performer performing?
o Sound-Instruments used, songs, dialogues, etc.
o When is it being done? Is it on a festival time or season or if it is extinct when was it held
and at what time of the year?
o Duration-how long is it being conducted? How is the performer managing his or her
performance and even the audience? What is the ambience created by the performer?
o What is the type of emotion given to the audience by the performer?
o Comparison of other forms with your art form
o Has this form got world wide recognition?
o The performers view about the form
o Also show the necessity of this performance like if this folk stops then what are the
impact.

3.Associaate different characters of a play that you have read to different animals of your
choice and explain why?
Ans.
o Know the characteristics of the animal and try to match it with the character.
o More than one animal or transforming into another animal through the story.
o Physical traits and negative and positive aspects of the character.
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o Format
 Name of the play
 Characters name and the name of the animal you want to compare with.
 The reason for choosing this animal.
 A scene personifying the characteristics of the character.
 The transformation of the character (with a different animal to compare).
 Dominant emotion of the character.

4.write a critical review of a film that you have recently seen?

Ans.
o Make sure you take a dynamic film.
o Name of the movie, time director and important actors.
o How is the film different from other films.
o Social context/Background.
o Your understanding of the film.
o Genre of the movie.
o Best scene of the movie.
o Mention the scene that you thought was good or bad.
o Plot of the movie.
o The technical aspect, music and acting in the movie.
o Conclusion-make sure you are not being personal.
o Format
 Name of the movie, director, actor
 Start your reviewing with comparison of this movie with another movie of the same
genre.
 Your scaling from 1 to 10.
 About the plot ten the technical, acting and musical aspect.
 Concluding by saying that it is a very personal review and as everyone has got personal
opinions and you respect that.

5.Write the Characteristic Highlight of one of your close relatives?

Ans.

o Select one relative.

o See certain patterns of that person. Talk about the physicality, fairness, height, details
and significance of the character.
o Voice quality-Shrill, base, Lisp, Fast speaking.
o Gestures of that person.
o Facial expresiion or something that you need to highlight.
o Dominant emotion.
o Why is he different from other relatives.
o Explain the thig that wether he has a perforamative characteristics that you can put in
your character.

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o End with example.

6.Write a scene to describe what happens after the end of the play that you have seen?
Ans.
o Write about what can happen in the ending scene.
o Beginning-Middle-end of the story you made.
o You can mention the an incident of your personal life.
o Continuation of the play have to be considered while creating the play.
o You can end it with your scene or create an opening end .
o Where, who, when, what the are doing and why are they doing.
o Protagonist can be kept in a scene. Keep a conflict and conclusion. Keeping the problem
can make the reader to see the effect. The conflict can relate to see the effect.
o Make sure that you are not complicating things.
o Try to keep emotional turmoil. And make sure that you are not writing about it directly.
o Use dialogues and also know about the dominant emotion.
o Write about how before scene ends. And try to keep focus on one of the characters.

7. What happens when you get a script in your hand ?What would you do if you found any
dissimilarities between you and the character you are paying?
Ans.
o Lines of the character and then analyze the character. Example-fictional, historical etc.
o Gather more information of the character.
o Characteristion-physical traits, vocal traits. What are the things that you need to know
about or learn.
o If even after trying to find the characteristics you cant under the character you can ask
the director always.
o Look of the character, costumes, has to be known by you.
o Know the dominant emotion of the character and even mannerism of the character.
o Background of the character(social, political status of the character).
o Connection and comparison of your character with co-characters.
o Understanding the importance and connection of your co-actors character.
o Now I have seen and understood my character but it is very different from me.
o Finding similar person to my character to understand read and know the characteristics
of my character.
o Understanding the animal instinct of the character.
o And if I see the character is speaking a different language I would learn that language
and lran the rhythm of the language.
o Know whether you are playing a role or a character(role meaning a particular person
like shiva or aladin and character meaning a fictional person created by the writer).
o Be observant, imitative and then recreate.

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