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Stagecraft Basics
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Study First
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. An imaginary line running from the front to the back of the stage through the exact center of the proscenium arch
Center Line
Dramaturg
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Stand pipe
2. Metal connectors that holds the fire curtain in the air
Fusible links
Cove
Perspective Scenery
Loading Dock
3. Painted boards that the scenic designer uses to communicate with the scenic artist
Artistic Director
Crossover
olor Elevations
Technical Director
4. (sizes of wood) 2 x 4 (nominal) > first milled - then changes because of shaving ... actual is 1.5 x 3.5 - for this class know 2x4 - 1x3 - 4x4... within that range
Front of House (FOH)
Technical Director
Actual vs. Nominal
Asbestos
5. What is anything downstage from the plaster line in a proscenium house?
Cyclorama
Production Manager
FOH: Front of House
Offstage
6. A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects
Gel
TPI
Fusible links
Locking rail
7. Lighting position: anti-pro - or anti-proscenium
Gridiron
Gussets
SAFETY
Cove
8. First rules of safety in theater
Look - listen - and learn
SAFETY
Head block
Proscenium Stage
9. Creates a visual home for the play on stage - setting (color)
Stage Manager
Locking rail
Offstage
Scenic Director
10. Most effective device for controlling a fire in the theatre - or any building
Loading Dock
Sprinkling system
Milliner
Milliner
11. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
Director
Fly loft
Dimmers
Pipe weight
12. A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies
Drop
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
olor Elevations
13. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use
SAFETY
Company Manager
Fly Space
Wings
14. Creates a visual home for the play on stage - setting (color)
Rocker
Scenic Director
Upstage
Drapery
15. Stage weights that remain on arbor when there are no scenery or lights attached
Platform
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Pipe weight
Technical Director
16. Large portables pieces of the stage setting
Fire Curtain
Pipe weight
Set Pieces
Stage Manager
17. Hanging cloth used as a blind - especially for a window
Fly loft
Drapery
Fly Space
Artistic Director
18. Helps to protect the audience from fires that happen on stage - comes in fast and helps to conceal the fire in one place
Cyclorama
Fly Space
Proscenium Stage
Fire Curtain
19. Best friends with Sound Tech in that both work hand in hand - makes everything work (elec) - wires - hangs - plugs & focuses according to Lighting Designer
Master Electrician/Electrician
Borders
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Gobo
20. Lighting position: anti-pro - or anti-proscenium
Black Box
Cove
Circuit
Vomitorium
21. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
Actual vs. Nominal
TPI
Cyclorama
Center Line
22. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background
Fly loft
Batten Clamp
Wings
Flats
23. A curtain or drop made of gauze-like fabric; when lighted from the front - it is opaque - but is transparent if lighted from the back; a firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater
Production Manager
Vomitorium
Scrim
Downstage
24. A passage situated below or behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre - through which crowds can 'spew out' at the end of a performance.
Drapery
Scrim
Stand pipe
Vomitorium
25. The person who finds the financial investors - hires the director and production staff - sets the budget - and pays the bills for a theatrical production
Producer
Trap room
Stand pipe
Drapery
26. Any incline of audience or stage.
Two Fer
olor Elevations
Rake
Fresnel
27. First rules of safety in theater
Fly loft
Upstage
Crossover
Look - listen - and learn
28. What kind of pipe batten does Zellerbach use/order?
Fire Curtain
Platforms
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Thrust Stage
29. Directions from the actor's point of view
Stage Directions
olor Elevations
Batten Clamp
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
30. Orchestra pit where the band plays
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Pit
Downstage
Fly Space
31. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe
Gobo
short short - short - center - long - long long
Trap room
Upstage
32. Everything filters through from Artistic Team - knows budget of time - labor - and money; keeps everyone in communication - conductor/diplomat
Production Manager
Cyclorama
Rails & Styles
Channels
33. A platform where pig irons are loaded onto or off of arbors
Loading Dock
FOH: Front of House
Trap room
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
34. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys
Fly loft
Perspective Scenery
Head block
Front of House (FOH)
35. The purchase (hand) line runs through the __________ so it can be secured in place.
Production Manager
Locking rail
Wings
Technical Director
36. A theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides
Tormentors
Platform
Locking rail
Thrust Stage
37. A lighting instrument characterized by hard-edged light with little diffusion; designed for long throws - it is manufactured with fixed and variable focal length lenses; the light beam is shaped with internally mounted shutters.
Grand Drape
Cyclorama
Technical Director
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
38. Orchestra pit where the band plays
SAFETY
Pit
Production Manager
Wings
39. Pressure
Technical Director
Downstage
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Voltage
40. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music
Cove
Gel
Cues
Scrim
41. A performance space in which the audience sits in front of the stage and views as if through a picture frame
Offstage
Proscenium Stage
Dramaturg
Scenic Director
42. The person who finds the financial investors - hires the director and production staff - sets the budget - and pays the bills for a theatrical production
Producer
Drapery
Stand pipe
Fly loft
43. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?
Platform
Proscenium Stage
TPI
Front of House (FOH)
44. 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
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Cyclorama
Look - listen - and learn
Scenic Designer
45. A curtain that travels up and down inside a guide; fire curtain track
Channels
Smoke Pocket
Vomitorium
Crossover
46. Best friends with Sound Tech in that both work hand in hand - makes everything work (elec) - wires - hangs - plugs & focuses according to Lighting Designer
Arena Stage
Sprinkling system
Master Electrician/Electrician
Offstage
47. Two instruments - same circuit
Channels
Two Fer
Flats
Dimmers
48. Also called the main drape - the grand curtain - or the main rag; the one that has to open for the show to start
Director
Grand Drape
Dramaturg
Catwalk
49. Everything filters through from Artistic Team - knows budget of time - labor - and money; keeps everyone in communication - conductor/diplomat
Production Manager
Channels
Fly Space
Artistic Director
50. Final artistic choices go to
Gobo
Master Electrician/Electrician
Director
SAFETY