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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. Most commonly used lighting instrument in the theatre that we focused
Gridiron
Source 4 ERS
ontinental Seating
Thrust Stage
2. Helps to protect the audience from fires that happen on stage - comes in fast and helps to conceal the fire in one place
Loading Dock
Fire Curtain
Proscenium Stage
Technical Director
3. What is anything downstage from the plaster line in a proscenium house?
FOH: Front of House
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Set Pieces
Source 4 ERS
4. 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
Fusible links
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Cyclorama
Cues
5. Front part or area of the stage extending past the main act curtain; also called lip
short short - short - center - long - long long
Apron
Actual vs. Nominal
Channels
6. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
Director
Company Manager
Overhung
Sprinkling system
7. A hose connection for a fire hose
Gridiron
Stand pipe
Overhung
Board of Directors
8. 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
Milliner
Head block
TPI
9. Flat view - floor plan of the stage and set (used to scale) - view of area if room came off
Trump Ploy
Ground Plan
Elevation
Offstage
10. Also known as legs - flats or curtains at the extreme right and left of stage
Fly loft
Tormentors
Fire Curtain
Fresnel
11. 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
Scenic Director
Dramaturg
Pipe weight
TPI
12. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
Smoke Pocket
Cyclorama
Director
Trap room
13. Everything hands on - the person who figures out how the set will be built and then oversees construction - works closest with Scenic Director
Loading Dock
Technical Director
Two Fer
short short - short - center - long - long long
14. A curtain that travels up and down inside a guide; fire curtain track
Dramaturg
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Smoke Pocket
Channels
15. 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.
Pipe weight
Black Box
Perspective Scenery
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
16. 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
Fusible links
Lighting Designer
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Cyclorama
17. The purchase (hand) line runs through the __________ so it can be secured in place.
Company Manager
Set Pieces
Locking rail
Drapery
18. To use a fire extinguish (acronym)
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Smoke Pocket
Grand Drape
Rails & Styles
19. Imaginary line from one side of the proscenium opening tot he other - divides apron from the stage floor.
Gobo
Smoke Pocket
Plaster Line
FOH: Front of House
20. 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
Dramaturg
Fly Space
Head block
21. Any incline of audience or stage.
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Rake
Tormentors
TPI
22. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?
Look - listen - and learn
Stage Manager
Proscenium Stage
Set Pieces
23. First rule of any work done in theatre space or shop
SAFETY
Director
Milliner
Cyclorama
24. A stage area out of sight of the audience
Artistic Director
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Asbestos
Offstage
25. 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
Black Box
Tormentors
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
26. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
Platform
Center Line
Wings
TPI
27. 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
Dimmers
Center Line
Stage Manager
Drop
28. 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
Set Pieces
Trap room
Plaster Line
Borders
29. (Framing) - Rails (shorter) always caps a style (long)
Black Box
Trap room
Rails & Styles
Wings
30. The part of the stage closest to the audience
Borders
Downstage
Vomitorium
Gobo
31. Hanging cloth used as a blind - especially for a window
Drapery
Production Manager
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Loading Dock
32. What kind of pipe batten does Zellerbach use/order?
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Production Manager
Dramaturg
Platforms
33. Levels of intensity
Dramaturg
Master Electrician/Electrician
Lighting Designer
Dimmers
34. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background
Drop
Fire Curtain
Flats
Source 4 ERS
35. The part of the stage closest to the audience
Stage Manager
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Downstage
Fusible links
36. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts
Company Manager
Loft Block
Technical Director
Production Manager
37. Hanging cloth used as a blind - especially for a window
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Drapery
short short - short - center - long - long long
Circuit
38. 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
Gussets
Rake
Board of Directors
Borders
39. Painted boards that the scenic designer uses to communicate with the scenic artist
Platform
Pipe weight
olor Elevations
Producer
40. Everything hands on - the person who figures out how the set will be built and then oversees construction - works closest with Scenic Director
Rails & Styles
Technical Director
Scenic Designer
Gussets
41. Orchestra pit where the band plays
Pit
Batten Clamp
Director
Stage Directions
42. Any incline of audience or stage.
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Rake
Two Fer
Gobo
43. Made of plastic or vinyl - can project lights and images from front or back of them.
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Borders
Scenic Designer
Pipe weight
44. (Framing) - Rails (shorter) always caps a style (long)
Upstage
Company Manager
Rails & Styles
Platforms
45. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
Offstage
Director
Elevation
TPI
46. 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
Gel
Stage Manager
Drop
Black Box
47. Painted boards that the scenic designer uses to communicate with the scenic artist
Upstage
olor Elevations
Stage Manager
Smoke Pocket
48. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
Rake
Masking
Asbestos
Perspective Scenery
49. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use
Fly Space
Borders
Crossover
Locking rail
50. Main wheel at the top of the counterweight arbor system
Pit
Offstage
Head block
Center Line