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Stagecraft Basics

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The side areas of the stage - out of view of the audience; the area where the actors wait for their entrances






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






3. The area onstage furthest away from the audience






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






11. Final artistic choices go to






12. 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






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






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






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






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






17. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts






18. 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






19. Grainer






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






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






22. 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






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






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






25. Fire curtain used to be called this






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






27. Six steps to hang a light (fresnel or ellipsoidals)






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






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






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






31. A passage situated below or behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre - through which crowds can 'spew out' at the end of a performance.






32. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?






33. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe






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






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






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






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






38. Made up of dimmers - map of plot






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






40. Also called the main drape - the grand curtain - or the main rag; the one that has to open for the show to start






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






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






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






44. Type of performance space that is small - created out of a room - painted all black; the scenery can be arranged in any way inside the box






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






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. First rules of safety in theater






48. (sizes of wood) 2 x 4 (nominal) > first milled - then changes because of shaving ... actual is 1.5 x 3.5 - for this class know 2x4 - 1x3 - 4x4... within that range






49. 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






50. A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies