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Stagecraft Basics

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Final artistic choices go to






2. 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.






3. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts






4. 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






5. 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






6. 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






7. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music






8. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?






9. The person who finds the financial investors - hires the director and production staff - sets the budget - and pays the bills for a theatrical production






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






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






12. The purchase (hand) line runs through the __________ so it can be secured in place.






13. What kind of pipe batten does Zellerbach use/order?






14. 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






15. To use a fire extinguish (acronym)






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






17. Set that's on the ground to stand on; painted






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






19. Helps to protect the audience from fires that happen on stage - comes in fast and helps to conceal the fire in one place






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






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






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






23. Any incline of audience or stage.






24. A platform where pig irons are loaded onto or off of arbors






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






26. Two instruments - same circuit






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






28. Any incline of audience or stage.






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






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






31. 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






32. What is anything downstage from the plaster line in a proscenium house?






33. Fire curtain used to be called this






34. Made up of dimmers - map of plot






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






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






37. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement






38. Fire curtain used to be called this






39. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music






40. Helps to protect the audience from fires that happen on stage - comes in fast and helps to conceal the fire in one place






41. Flat view of area if cut or sliced - like a dissection and see inner workings of multiple levels






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






43. Orchestra pit where the band plays






44. Most commonly used lighting instrument in the theatre that we focused






45. Directions from the actor's point of view






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






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






48. A platform where pig irons are loaded onto or off of arbors






49. Levels of intensity






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