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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. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys
Tormentors
Actual vs. Nominal
Sprinkling system
Fly loft
2. Lighting instrument whose name refers to the etched or contoured glass lens
Batten Clamp
Ground Plan
Fresnel
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
3. A metal cutout that is placed in front of the lens of a lighting instrument to create different shadowed images on stage
Cove
Look - listen - and learn
Proscenium Stage
Gobo
4. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery
Loading Dock
Section View
Catwalk
Fly loft
5. 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
Smoke Pocket
Scrim
Cyclorama
Drop
6. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories
Proscenium Stage
Milliner
Source 4 ERS
Board of Directors
7. 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
Masking
Dimmers
Locking rail
8. What kind of pipe batten does Zellerbach use/order?
Drop
Black Box
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Plaster Line
9. Grainer
Overhung
Trump Ploy
Rails & Styles
Rocker
10. Two instruments - same circuit
Perspective Scenery
Voltage
Circuit
Two Fer
11. Plug in wall
Platform
Circuit
Crossover
TPI
12. Six steps to hang a light (fresnel or ellipsoidals)
Loading Dock
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Proscenium Stage
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
13. Metal connectors that holds the fire curtain in the air
Scenic Designer
Fusible links
Loft Block
Batten Clamp
14. Also called the main drape - the grand curtain - or the main rag; the one that has to open for the show to start
Set Pieces
Milliner
Stage Directions
Grand Drape
15. A platform where pig irons are loaded onto or off of arbors
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Look - listen - and learn
Loading Dock
Board of Directors
16. Front part or area of the stage extending past the main act curtain; also called lip
Perspective Scenery
Scenic Designer
Set Pieces
Apron
17. Also called the main drape - the grand curtain - or the main rag; the one that has to open for the show to start
Grand Drape
Rake
Offstage
Stand pipe
18. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts
Company Manager
Gussets
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Smoke Pocket
19. Large portables pieces of the stage setting
Rocker
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Set Pieces
Asbestos
20. Scenery that represents three-dimensional space on a flat surface
Fresnel
Rocker
Fresnel
Perspective Scenery
21. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Source 4 ERS
FOH: Front of House
Gussets
22. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
Pipe weight
Front of House (FOH)
Black Box
Two Fer
23. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music
Plaster Line
Voltage
Cues
Two Fer
24. Levels of intensity
Stand pipe
Dimmers
Asbestos
Cues
25. Any incline of audience or stage.
Fly Space
Scenic Designer
Rake
Rails & Styles
26. Painted boards that the scenic designer uses to communicate with the scenic artist
ontinental Seating
olor Elevations
Company Manager
FOH: Front of House
27. A stage area out of sight of the audience
Center Line
Masking
Offstage
Locking rail
28. 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
Cyclorama
Production Manager
Source 4 ERS
29. A performance space in which the audience sits in front of the stage and views as if through a picture frame
Proscenium Stage
Fusible links
Platform
Trump Ploy
30. A system of rigging and ropes that is used to raise and lower scenery within on stage - operated by hand or mechanically from backstage.
Channels
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Gobo
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
31. Most commonly used lighting instrument in the theatre that we focused
Asbestos
Source 4 ERS
Rails & Styles
Proscenium Stage
32. (Framing) - Rails (shorter) always caps a style (long)
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Vomitorium
Smoke Pocket
Rails & Styles
33. Most effective device for controlling a fire in the theatre - or any building
Sprinkling system
Arena Stage
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Center Line
34. Made of plastic or vinyl - can project lights and images from front or back of them.
Board of Directors
TPI
Grand Drape
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
35. Connection between pipe batten and lift lines - before trim chain.
Trap room
Channels
Sprinkling system
Batten Clamp
36. Most effective device for controlling a fire in the theatre - or any building
Cove
Trap room
Sprinkling system
olor Elevations
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
Master Electrician/Electrician
Grand Drape
Loft Block
Fresnel
38. 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
Stage Manager
Upstage
Locking rail
Sprinkling system
39. First rules of safety in theater
SAFETY
Trump Ploy
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Look - listen - and learn
40. The person who finds the financial investors - hires the director and production staff - sets the budget - and pays the bills for a theatrical production
Pipe weight
Fresnel
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Producer
41. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
Asbestos
Director
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Apron
42. Stage weights that remain on arbor when there are no scenery or lights attached
SAFETY
Borders
Borders
Pipe weight
43. Underneath the stage where things are stored (like ERS' or Fresnels and seats)
Trap room
Technical Director
Thrust Stage
Front of House (FOH)
44. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?
Proscenium Stage
Gobo
Pipe weight
Downstage
45. The purchase (hand) line runs through the __________ so it can be secured in place.
Crossover
Stage Manager
Locking rail
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
46. Everything hands on - the person who figures out how the set will be built and then oversees construction - works closest with Scenic Director
Director
Technical Director
Plaster Line
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
47. 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
Pit
Apron
Proscenium Stage
Cyclorama
48. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music
Cues
Locking rail
Director
Scenic Director
49. Flat view - floor plan of the stage and set (used to scale) - view of area if room came off
Circuit
Batten Clamp
Ground Plan
Smoke Pocket
50. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
Cues
Director
Source 4 ERS
Grand Drape