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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. 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
Board of Directors
Drapery
Look - listen - and learn
2. Stage weights that remain on arbor when there are no scenery or lights attached
Pipe weight
Crossover
Catwalk
Stage Manager
3. Flat view of area from a direction (north - south - east - west and in between)
Elevation
Black Box
Channels
Director
4. Pressure
Voltage
Milliner
Master Electrician/Electrician
Platforms
5. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
Channels
Production Manager
Overhung
Catwalk
6. A stage area out of sight of the audience
Cues
Offstage
Downstage
Source 4 ERS
7. Underneath the stage where things are stored (like ERS' or Fresnels and seats)
Company Manager
Drop
Scenic Director
Trap room
8. Metal connectors that holds the fire curtain in the air
Rake
Fusible links
Master Electrician/Electrician
Section View
9. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
Company Manager
TPI
Channels
Offstage
10. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background
Vomitorium
Flats
Platforms
Drop
11. 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
Lighting Designer
Locking rail
Masking
Center Line
12. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Fusible links
Platform
Milliner
13. Plug in wall
Scrim
Circuit
Dramaturg
Artistic Director
14. Scenic term - deceiving the eye: from far away looks real but close it's just tricky talent
Apron
Circuit
Ground Plan
Trump Ploy
15. A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects
Gel
Drop
Upstage
Rocker
16. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
Head block
Batten Clamp
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Overhung
17. What is anything downstage from the plaster line in a proscenium house?
Director
FOH: Front of House
Fly loft
Trap room
18. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Head block
Director
short short - short - center - long - long long
19. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
Front of House (FOH)
Rails & Styles
Loft Block
ontinental Seating
20. 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
Smoke Pocket
Director
Drop
Black Box
21. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?
Proscenium Stage
Cyclorama
Scrim
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
22. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe
Perspective Scenery
Director
short short - short - center - long - long long
Look - listen - and learn
23. Flat view of area if cut or sliced - like a dissection and see inner workings of multiple levels
Loading Dock
Head block
Dimmers
Section View
24. Everything hands on - the person who figures out how the set will be built and then oversees construction - works closest with Scenic Director
Plaster Line
Technical Director
Gel
Scenic Director
25. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys
Cyclorama
Fly loft
Actual vs. Nominal
Overhung
26. Set that's on the ground to stand on; painted
Platforms
Trap room
Batten Clamp
Director
27. Designer that usually determines the color of the show
Voltage
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Scenic Designer
Platforms
28. Designer that usually determines the color of the show
Scenic Director
Batten Clamp
Dimmers
Scenic Designer
29. The area onstage furthest away from the audience
Drop
Lighting Designer
Upstage
Proscenium Stage
30. Front part or area of the stage extending past the main act curtain; also called lip
Apron
Catwalk
Elevation
Cove
31. (Seating) entering & exiting at extreme ends; Zellerbach Playhouse is like this
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
ontinental Seating
Scenic Designer
Black Box
32. Grainer
Platforms
Rocker
Asbestos
Stage Directions
33. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )
Platform
Gussets
Gobo
Two Fer
34. 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
Loft Block
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
ontinental Seating
Drapery
35. Everything filters through from Artistic Team - knows budget of time - labor - and money; keeps everyone in communication - conductor/diplomat
Set Pieces
Production Manager
Platform
Look - listen - and learn
36. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background
Grand Drape
Fusible links
Section View
Flats
37. Directions from the actor's point of view
Company Manager
Stage Directions
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
ontinental Seating
38. Helps to protect the audience from fires that happen on stage - comes in fast and helps to conceal the fire in one place
Fire Curtain
Perspective Scenery
Arena Stage
Plaster Line
39. Plug in wall
Smoke Pocket
Cove
Circuit
Arena Stage
40. Grainer
Rocker
Fusible links
Dimmers
Look - listen - and learn
41. Connection between pipe batten and lift lines - before trim chain.
Center Line
Overhung
Perspective Scenery
Batten Clamp
42. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts
Smoke Pocket
Cyclorama
Center Line
Company Manager
43. Final artistic choices go to
Director
Overhung
Channels
Offstage
44. 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
Platform
Black Box
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Borders
45. Scenery that represents three-dimensional space on a flat surface
Platforms
Perspective Scenery
Elevation
Vomitorium
46. Scenery that represents three-dimensional space on a flat surface
Perspective Scenery
Center Line
Proscenium Stage
Channels
47. One who works in the theatre as a resource for the history of plays and dramatic literature. They research - study - write - and often teach this material to others
Dramaturg
Trump Ploy
olor Elevations
Stage Directions
48. 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
Scrim
Cyclorama
Cove
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
49. 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
SAFETY
Producer
Vomitorium
50. The purchase (hand) line runs through the __________ so it can be secured in place.
Master Electrician/Electrician
Locking rail
Upstage
Loading Dock