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Stagecraft Basics

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Lighting position: anti-pro - or anti-proscenium






2. A performance space in which the audience sits all around the stage; sometimes called in-the-round






3. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts






4. Hanging cloth used as a blind - especially for a window






5. (Framing) - Rails (shorter) always caps a style (long)






6. Makes shoes






7. The person who finds the financial investors - hires the director and production staff - sets the budget - and pays the bills for a theatrical production






8. Large portables pieces of the stage setting






9. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium






10. Front part or area of the stage extending past the main act curtain; also called lip






11. Pressure






12. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen






13. Connection between pipe batten and lift lines - before trim chain.






14. (Seating) entering & exiting at extreme ends; Zellerbach Playhouse is like this






15. A metal cutout that is placed in front of the lens of a lighting instrument to create different shadowed images on stage






16. Set that's on the ground to stand on; painted






17. 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.






18. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show






19. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )






20. Orchestra pit where the band plays






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.






22. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?






23. A performance space in which the audience sits in front of the stage and views as if through a picture frame






24. Plug in wall






25. Lighting position: anti-pro - or anti-proscenium






26. Helps to protect the audience from fires that happen on stage - comes in fast and helps to conceal the fire in one place






27. 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.






28. Plug in wall






29. Lighting instrument whose name refers to the etched or contoured glass lens






30. Hire and fire Managing Director and Artistic Director - these are patrons w/ money & connections - in the upper echelons of authority and want to help theater but doesn't necessarily know how






31. Steel framework that runs above the stage that is used to support the rigging system






32. Designer that usually determines the color of the show






33. Painted set on the ground which the actors stand on






34. 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






35. Best friends with Sound Tech in that both work hand in hand - makes everything work (elec) - wires - hangs - plugs & focuses according to Lighting Designer






36. The area onstage furthest away from the audience






37. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music






38. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background






39. Figures out place - theme of season and has final say






40. The person in charge backstage; he or she helps the director during rehearsals and then takes charge backstage when the play is performed - also has to deal with performer's behavior






41. An imaginary line running from the front to the back of the stage through the exact center of the proscenium arch






42. Hanging cloth used as a blind - especially for a window






43. A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects






44. Final artistic choices go to






45. Flat view of area from a direction (north - south - east - west and in between)






46. Made of plastic or vinyl - can project lights and images from front or back of them.






47. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories






48. A system of rigging and ropes that is used to raise and lower scenery within on stage - operated by hand or mechanically from backstage.






49. Helps to protect the audience from fires that happen on stage - comes in fast and helps to conceal the fire in one place






50. 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