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Stagecraft Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)






2. Grainer






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






4. Lighting instrument whose name refers to the etched or contoured glass lens






5. Flat view - floor plan of the stage and set (used to scale) - view of area if room came off






6. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen






7. A stage area out of sight of the audience






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






9. Plug in wall






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






11. Fire curtain used to be called this






12. Scenery that represents three-dimensional space on a flat surface






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






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






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






16. A hose connection for a fire hose






17. 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






18. 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






19. Steel framework that runs above the stage that is used to support the rigging system






20. Most effective device for controlling a fire in the theatre - or any building






21. Made of plastic or vinyl - can project lights and images from front or back of them.






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






23. Best friends with Sound Tech in that both work hand in hand - makes everything work (elec) - wires - hangs - plugs & focuses according to Lighting Designer






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






25. 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






26. To use a fire extinguish (acronym)






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






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






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






30. A metal cutout that is placed in front of the lens of a lighting instrument to create different shadowed images on stage






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






32. Two instruments - same circuit






33. The area onstage furthest away from the audience






34. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )






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






36. 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






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






38. A stage area out of sight of the audience






39. Directions from the actor's point of view






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






41. Pressure






42. Flat view of area from a direction (north - south - east - west and in between)






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






44. Figures out place - theme of season and has final say






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






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






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






48. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe






49. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )






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







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