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Stagecraft Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Levels of intensity






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






3. Any incline of audience or stage.






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






5. The side areas of the stage - out of view of the audience; the area where the actors wait for their entrances






6. Designer that usually determines the color of the show






7. Also known as legs - flats or curtains at the extreme right and left of stage






8. According to what do lighting designers arrange their light plots - allowing them to follow a 'map' of the plot






9. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys






10. Grainer






11. Painted boards that the scenic designer uses to communicate with the scenic artist






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






13. Scenic term - deceiving the eye: from far away looks real but close it's just tricky talent






14. Final artistic choices go to






15. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery






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






17. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?






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






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






20. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery






21. Corridor or hallway to make quick passage way from one side to another - behind stage






22. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)






23. First rule of any work done in theatre space or shop






24. Pressure






25. Metal connectors that holds the fire curtain in the air






26. A theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides






27. Metal connectors that holds the fire curtain in the air






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






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






30. Designer that usually determines the color of the show






31. Stage weights that remain on arbor when there are no scenery or lights attached






32. According to what do lighting designers arrange their light plots - allowing them to follow a 'map' of the plot






33. 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






34. A stage area out of sight of the audience






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






36. 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






37. The part of the stage closest to the audience






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






39. Makes shoes






40. Main wheel at the top of the counterweight arbor system






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






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






43. 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






44. 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






45. Final artistic choices go to






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






47. Large portables pieces of the stage setting






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






49. Everything hands on - the person who figures out how the set will be built and then oversees construction - works closest with Scenic Director






50. A curtain that travels up and down inside a guide; fire curtain track