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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.
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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. Corridor or hallway to make quick passage way from one side to another - behind stage
Crossover
Arena Stage
Fusible links
Tormentors
2. Creates a visual home for the play on stage - setting (color)
Cove
Front of House (FOH)
Scenic Director
Look - listen - and learn
3. A stage area out of sight of the audience
Offstage
Catwalk
Fusible links
Dimmers
4. Imaginary line from one side of the proscenium opening tot he other - divides apron from the stage floor.
Stage Manager
Plaster Line
Fly Space
olor Elevations
5. A stage area out of sight of the audience
Stage Manager
Platforms
Apron
Offstage
6. Makes shoes
Wings
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Dramaturg
Proscenium Stage
7. Plug in wall
Circuit
Plaster Line
Voltage
Locking rail
8. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe
olor Elevations
Fly loft
short short - short - center - long - long long
Stage Manager
9. According to what do lighting designers arrange their light plots - allowing them to follow a 'map' of the plot
Borders
Perspective Scenery
Channels
Company Manager
10. (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
Actual vs. Nominal
Set Pieces
Batten Clamp
olor Elevations
11. Stage weights that remain on arbor when there are no scenery or lights attached
Head block
Master Electrician/Electrician
Circuit
Pipe weight
12. Hanging cloth used as a blind - especially for a window
Fusible links
Drapery
Cove
Two Fer
13. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
Asbestos
Trap room
Director
Circuit
14. The purchase (hand) line runs through the __________ so it can be secured in place.
Rake
Vomitorium
Locking rail
Offstage
15. A hose connection for a fire hose
FOH: Front of House
Black Box
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Stand pipe
16. A theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides
Overhung
Source 4 ERS
Thrust Stage
Tormentors
17. Scenery that represents three-dimensional space on a flat surface
Perspective Scenery
Technical Director
Trump Ploy
Dramaturg
18. Stage weights that remain on arbor when there are no scenery or lights attached
Perspective Scenery
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Rocker
Pipe weight
19. A hose connection for a fire hose
Catwalk
Borders
Stand pipe
Upstage
20. In the theatre - the person who decides where the lighting instruments should go - how they should be colored - and which ones should be on at any particular time
Asbestos
Lighting Designer
Rake
Arena Stage
21. (Seating) entering & exiting at extreme ends; Zellerbach Playhouse is like this
Crossover
ontinental Seating
Lighting Designer
Flats
22. The person who finds the financial investors - hires the director and production staff - sets the budget - and pays the bills for a theatrical production
Center Line
Producer
Rails & Styles
Scenic Director
23. Two instruments - same circuit
Artistic Director
Tormentors
Production Manager
Two Fer
24. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery
Catwalk
Company Manager
Arena Stage
Set Pieces
25. Set that's on the ground to stand on; painted
Circuit
Platforms
Fly Space
FOH: Front of House
26. Helps to protect the audience from fires that happen on stage - comes in fast and helps to conceal the fire in one place
Tormentors
Fire Curtain
Cyclorama
Offstage
27. An imaginary line running from the front to the back of the stage through the exact center of the proscenium arch
Pit
Cues
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Center Line
28. The area onstage furthest away from the audience
Set Pieces
Upstage
Stage Directions
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
29. Orchestra pit where the band plays
Pit
FOH: Front of House
Overhung
Offstage
30. What kind of pipe batten does Zellerbach use/order?
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Channels
Gobo
olor Elevations
31. 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.
Gobo
Vomitorium
Crossover
Sprinkling system
32. The side areas of the stage - out of view of the audience; the area where the actors wait for their entrances
Scenic Director
Company Manager
Wings
Cove
33. Made up of dimmers - map of plot
Channels
Section View
Board of Directors
Voltage
34. Final artistic choices go to
Gel
Scenic Designer
Director
Fire Curtain
35. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
Scenic Director
TPI
Channels
Milliner
36. What is anything downstage from the plaster line in a proscenium house?
FOH: Front of House
Plaster Line
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
37. Best friends with Sound Tech in that both work hand in hand - makes everything work (elec) - wires - hangs - plugs & focuses according to Lighting Designer
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Stage Manager
Master Electrician/Electrician
Crossover
38. Type of performance space that is small - created out of a room - painted all black; the scenery can be arranged in any way inside the box
Technical Director
Stand pipe
Proscenium Stage
Black Box
39. 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
Cyclorama
Masking
Rake
Director
40. The purchase (hand) line runs through the __________ so it can be secured in place.
Locking rail
Downstage
Flats
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
41. Designer that usually determines the color of the show
Scenic Designer
Master Electrician/Electrician
Cues
Loading Dock
42. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys
Cove
Gobo
Sprinkling system
Fly loft
43. A performance space in which the audience sits all around the stage; sometimes called in-the-round
Channels
Vomitorium
Arena Stage
Downstage
44. Fire curtain used to be called this
Asbestos
Overhung
Gel
Vomitorium
45. 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.
Channels
Trump Ploy
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Smoke Pocket
46. Made of plastic or vinyl - can project lights and images from front or back of them.
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Wings
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Director
47. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts
FOH: Front of House
Arena Stage
Arena Stage
Company Manager
48. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music
Masking
Thrust Stage
Trump Ploy
Cues
49. Flat view of area if cut or sliced - like a dissection and see inner workings of multiple levels
Smoke Pocket
Section View
Locking rail
Rails & Styles
50. 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.
Fly Space
Look - listen - and learn
Vomitorium
Loft Block