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






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






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






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






5. 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






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






7. Imaginary line from one side of the proscenium opening tot he other - divides apron from the stage floor.






8. To use a fire extinguish (acronym)






9. Grainer






10. Two instruments - same circuit






11. 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.






12. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts






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






14. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe






15. Makes shoes






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






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






18. A hose connection for a fire hose






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






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






21. Creates a visual home for the play on stage - setting (color)






22. 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






23. 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






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






25. Any incline of audience or stage.






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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium






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






33. 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






34. Large portables pieces of the stage setting






35. A hose connection for a fire hose






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






37. Any arangment of cloth or other material that curves around the rear of the stage and partiall down the sides usually neutral in color it is often lighted to represent the sky or used as a projection surface






38. Everything filters through from Artistic Team - knows budget of time - labor - and money; keeps everyone in communication - conductor/diplomat






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






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






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






42. To use a fire extinguish (acronym)






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






44. 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






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






46. 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.






47. Plug in wall






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






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






50. Directions from the actor's point of view