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Stagecraft Basics
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Study First
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. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use
Trump Ploy
Fly Space
Platform
Perspective Scenery
2. Flat view of area if cut or sliced - like a dissection and see inner workings of multiple levels
Producer
Section View
Company Manager
Center Line
3. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
Downstage
Catwalk
Stand pipe
TPI
4. Made up of dimmers - map of plot
Pipe weight
TPI
Channels
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
5. Hanging cloth used as a blind - especially for a window
Arena Stage
Drapery
Tormentors
Technical Director
6. Flat view - floor plan of the stage and set (used to scale) - view of area if room came off
Production Manager
Proscenium Stage
Ground Plan
Arena Stage
7. Final artistic choices go to
Producer
Director
Artistic Director
Front of House (FOH)
8. Everything filters through from Artistic Team - knows budget of time - labor - and money; keeps everyone in communication - conductor/diplomat
Director
Production Manager
Overhung
Platform
9. 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
Lighting Designer
Producer
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Cove
10. Two instruments - same circuit
Two Fer
Trump Ploy
Technical Director
Cove
11. Metal connectors that holds the fire curtain in the air
Fusible links
Master Electrician/Electrician
Cove
Master Electrician/Electrician
12. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background
TPI
Flats
Drop
Gridiron
13. The area onstage furthest away from the audience
Upstage
Head block
Circuit
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
14. Painted set on the ground which the actors stand on
Trap room
Platform
Fire Curtain
SAFETY
15. A curtain that travels up and down inside a guide; fire curtain track
Ground Plan
Smoke Pocket
SAFETY
Scrim
16. Everything hands on - the person who figures out how the set will be built and then oversees construction - works closest with Scenic Director
Lighting Designer
Crossover
Masking
Technical Director
17. A theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides
Thrust Stage
Perspective Scenery
Front of House (FOH)
Section View
18. Creates a visual home for the play on stage - setting (color)
SAFETY
Wings
Scenic Director
Asbestos
19. Two instruments - same circuit
Two Fer
Section View
Arena Stage
Front of House (FOH)
20. Orchestra pit where the band plays
Drop
Head block
Pit
Production Manager
21. Flat view - floor plan of the stage and set (used to scale) - view of area if room came off
Ground Plan
Grand Drape
Stage Manager
Fire Curtain
22. A stage area out of sight of the audience
Offstage
Pit
Artistic Director
Stage Manager
23. Scenery that represents three-dimensional space on a flat surface
Gobo
Perspective Scenery
Actual vs. Nominal
Black Box
24. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Director
Scenic Designer
25. A system of rigging and ropes that is used to raise and lower scenery within on stage - operated by hand or mechanically from backstage.
short short - short - center - long - long long
Black Box
Circuit
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
26. Front part or area of the stage extending past the main act curtain; also called lip
Apron
Cyclorama
Ground Plan
Gridiron
27. An imaginary line running from the front to the back of the stage through the exact center of the proscenium arch
Locking rail
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Center Line
Loading Dock
28. 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
Trump Ploy
Board of Directors
Loft Block
29. Directions from the actor's point of view
Two Fer
Stage Directions
Trump Ploy
Downstage
30. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe
short short - short - center - long - long long
Ground Plan
Gel
Set Pieces
31. Corridor or hallway to make quick passage way from one side to another - behind stage
Director
Crossover
SAFETY
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
32. Main wheel at the top of the counterweight arbor system
Cues
Vomitorium
Platforms
Head block
33. Designer that usually determines the color of the show
Scenic Designer
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Milliner
34. The part of the stage closest to the audience
Section View
Crossover
Downstage
Rake
35. Helps to protect the audience from fires that happen on stage - comes in fast and helps to conceal the fire in one place
Trap room
Loading Dock
Artistic Director
Fire Curtain
36. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys
Crossover
Cyclorama
Master Electrician/Electrician
Fly loft
37. 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.
Voltage
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Drop
38. A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects
Drop
Gel
Production Manager
Pit
39. Best friends with Sound Tech in that both work hand in hand - makes everything work (elec) - wires - hangs - plugs & focuses according to Lighting Designer
Fire Curtain
Proscenium Stage
Dramaturg
Master Electrician/Electrician
40. Corridor or hallway to make quick passage way from one side to another - behind stage
Master Electrician/Electrician
Loading Dock
Crossover
Artistic Director
41. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys
Channels
Fly loft
Ground Plan
Drop
42. Orchestra pit where the band plays
Pit
Voltage
short short - short - center - long - long long
Crossover
43. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )
Dimmers
Gussets
Source 4 ERS
Company Manager
44. Steel framework that runs above the stage that is used to support the rigging system
Gridiron
Gel
Circuit
Fly loft
45. Levels of intensity
Upstage
Dimmers
Cyclorama
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
46. Also known as legs - flats or curtains at the extreme right and left of stage
Fly Space
Source 4 ERS
Circuit
Tormentors
47. 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
Artistic Director
Loading Dock
Rocker
48. A curtain that travels up and down inside a guide; fire curtain track
Smoke Pocket
Fly Space
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
49. A performance space in which the audience sits in front of the stage and views as if through a picture frame
Channels
Loft Block
Rake
Proscenium Stage
50. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
Artistic Director
Front of House (FOH)
Apron
Batten Clamp