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Stagecraft Basics
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Subject
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performing-arts
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use
Fly Space
Channels
Thrust Stage
Board of Directors
2. (Framing) - Rails (shorter) always caps a style (long)
Rails & Styles
Fly Space
Milliner
Producer
3. Made up of dimmers - map of plot
Smoke Pocket
Channels
Wings
Gel
4. Mounted to the gridiron or support steel that supports and changes the direction of a lift line rope between the load and the head block
Locking rail
Loft Block
Rails & Styles
Circuit
5. What is anything downstage from the plaster line in a proscenium house?
Voltage
Set Pieces
FOH: Front of House
Pipe weight
6. A curtain that travels up and down inside a guide; fire curtain track
Trap room
Smoke Pocket
Rails & Styles
Channels
7. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background
Director
Flats
Master Electrician/Electrician
Set Pieces
8. Levels of intensity
Company Manager
Cove
Dimmers
Vomitorium
9. Best friends with Sound Tech in that both work hand in hand - makes everything work (elec) - wires - hangs - plugs & focuses according to Lighting Designer
Fire Curtain
Catwalk
Master Electrician/Electrician
SAFETY
10. Also known as teasers - hung over head of the stage main use is to mask any equpiment usually fixtures you dont want audience to see
Tormentors
SAFETY
Borders
Production Manager
11. Makes shoes
Loading Dock
Voltage
Cues
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
12. An imaginary line running from the front to the back of the stage through the exact center of the proscenium arch
Pipe weight
Milliner
Center Line
Circuit
13. Any arangment of cloth or other material that curves around the rear of the stage and partiall down the sides usually neutral in color it is often lighted to represent the sky or used as a projection surface
Grand Drape
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Cyclorama
Trap room
14. Everything filters through from Artistic Team - knows budget of time - labor - and money; keeps everyone in communication - conductor/diplomat
Production Manager
Perspective Scenery
Director
Locking rail
15. Fire curtain used to be called this
Stage Manager
Platform
Asbestos
Stage Directions
16. An imaginary line running from the front to the back of the stage through the exact center of the proscenium arch
Milliner
Center Line
Board of Directors
Pit
17. First rules of safety in theater
Fly Space
Arena Stage
Look - listen - and learn
Dramaturg
18. Grainer
ontinental Seating
Director
Fusible links
Rocker
19. Front part or area of the stage extending past the main act curtain; also called lip
Downstage
Smoke Pocket
Apron
Circuit
20. A theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides
Platforms
Thrust Stage
Offstage
Gussets
21. A system of rigging and ropes that is used to raise and lower scenery within on stage - operated by hand or mechanically from backstage.
Perspective Scenery
Apron
Fusible links
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
22. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )
Source 4 ERS
Gussets
Perspective Scenery
Upstage
23. Also known as legs - flats or curtains at the extreme right and left of stage
Artistic Director
Tormentors
Board of Directors
Set Pieces
24. Scenic term - deceiving the eye: from far away looks real but close it's just tricky talent
Smoke Pocket
Board of Directors
Trump Ploy
Head block
25. Final artistic choices go to
Director
Stage Manager
Platforms
Loft Block
26. Orchestra pit where the band plays
Drop
Scenic Director
Black Box
Pit
27. Made of plastic or vinyl - can project lights and images from front or back of them.
Flats
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Source 4 ERS
Catwalk
28. Fire curtain used to be called this
olor Elevations
Asbestos
Wings
Sprinkling system
29. The purchase (hand) line runs through the __________ so it can be secured in place.
Locking rail
Look - listen - and learn
Dimmers
Scenic Director
30. Two instruments - same circuit
Vomitorium
Two Fer
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
TPI
31. Makes shoes
Center Line
Channels
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Sprinkling system
32. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
Board of Directors
Perspective Scenery
Director
Vomitorium
33. A performance space in which the audience sits all around the stage; sometimes called in-the-round
Scenic Designer
Flats
Arena Stage
Masking
34. A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies
Board of Directors
Platform
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Drop
35. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?
Fly Space
Circuit
Gussets
Proscenium Stage
36. A hose connection for a fire hose
Elevation
Board of Directors
Stand pipe
Platform
37. The side areas of the stage - out of view of the audience; the area where the actors wait for their entrances
Arena Stage
Center Line
Fly loft
Wings
38. A theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides
Gel
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Thrust Stage
Two Fer
39. A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects
Gel
Pit
Masking
Circuit
40. Lighting position: anti-pro - or anti-proscenium
Section View
Master Electrician/Electrician
Section View
Cove
41. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
Technical Director
TPI
Stage Directions
Head block
42. Any arangment of cloth or other material that curves around the rear of the stage and partiall down the sides usually neutral in color it is often lighted to represent the sky or used as a projection surface
Perspective Scenery
Cyclorama
Dimmers
Sprinkling system
43. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )
Fire Curtain
Gussets
Dimmers
Locking rail
44. Mounted to the gridiron or support steel that supports and changes the direction of a lift line rope between the load and the head block
Scrim
Fire Curtain
Fusible links
Loft Block
45. Underneath the stage where things are stored (like ERS' or Fresnels and seats)
Company Manager
Trap room
Gobo
Loading Dock
46. Creates a visual home for the play on stage - setting (color)
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Gel
Scenic Director
Drop
47. A performance space in which the audience sits in front of the stage and views as if through a picture frame
Gobo
Stage Manager
Proscenium Stage
Trump Ploy
48. The person who finds the financial investors - hires the director and production staff - sets the budget - and pays the bills for a theatrical production
Smoke Pocket
Producer
Elevation
Apron
49. Directions from the actor's point of view
Catwalk
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Stage Directions
Vomitorium
50. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music
Cues
Milliner
Arena Stage
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)