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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. Levels of intensity
Platforms
Batten Clamp
Sprinkling system
Dimmers
2. Painted boards that the scenic designer uses to communicate with the scenic artist
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Masking
Loft Block
olor Elevations
3. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
Upstage
ontinental Seating
Scrim
Front of House (FOH)
4. To use a fire extinguish (acronym)
Lighting Designer
Wings
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Channels
5. A theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides
Milliner
Company Manager
Thrust Stage
Stand pipe
6. Set that's on the ground to stand on; painted
Pipe weight
Circuit
Platforms
Locking rail
7. Most effective device for controlling a fire in the theatre - or any building
Borders
Flats
Sprinkling system
Proscenium Stage
8. Made up of dimmers - map of plot
Channels
Source 4 ERS
Smoke Pocket
Pipe weight
9. Front part or area of the stage extending past the main act curtain; also called lip
Vomitorium
Masking
Head block
Apron
10. Six steps to hang a light (fresnel or ellipsoidals)
Flats
Rocker
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Grand Drape
11. A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies
Drop
Vomitorium
Overhung
Front of House (FOH)
12. What kind of pipe batten does Zellerbach use/order?
Production Manager
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Gel
Apron
13. Main wheel at the top of the counterweight arbor system
Borders
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Head block
Stage Manager
14. First rules of safety in theater
Crossover
Look - listen - and learn
Scenic Director
Sprinkling system
15. The purchase (hand) line runs through the __________ so it can be secured in place.
Cues
Pipe weight
Locking rail
Dimmers
16. Flat view - floor plan of the stage and set (used to scale) - view of area if room came off
Set Pieces
olor Elevations
Ground Plan
Vomitorium
17. Steel framework that runs above the stage that is used to support the rigging system
Gel
Upstage
Gridiron
Milliner
18. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories
Overhung
Production Manager
Rake
Milliner
19. 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
Asbestos
Master Electrician/Electrician
Rails & Styles
Scrim
20. 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
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Director
Stage Manager
Offstage
21. The person who finds the financial investors - hires the director and production staff - sets the budget - and pays the bills for a theatrical production
Circuit
Master Electrician/Electrician
Producer
Fly Space
22. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe
Loading Dock
short short - short - center - long - long long
Black Box
Loading Dock
23. 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.
Front of House (FOH)
TPI
Grand Drape
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
24. 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
Board of Directors
Lighting Designer
Offstage
Trap room
25. Stage weights that remain on arbor when there are no scenery or lights attached
Pipe weight
Circuit
Production Manager
Dimmers
26. 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
Black Box
Asbestos
Thrust Stage
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
27. What is anything downstage from the plaster line in a proscenium house?
FOH: Front of House
Fresnel
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Production Manager
28. (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
Pit
Head block
Apron
Actual vs. Nominal
29. Fire curtain used to be called this
Asbestos
Drop
Apron
Elevation
30. A metal cutout that is placed in front of the lens of a lighting instrument to create different shadowed images on stage
Fire Curtain
TPI
Gobo
Overhung
31. Flat view - floor plan of the stage and set (used to scale) - view of area if room came off
Proscenium Stage
Ground Plan
ontinental Seating
Milliner
32. Creates a visual home for the play on stage - setting (color)
Thrust Stage
Fly Space
Scenic Director
Trump Ploy
33. Orchestra pit where the band plays
Pit
Loading Dock
Channels
Platform
34. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts
Platform
Company Manager
Channels
Loft Block
35. A curtain that travels up and down inside a guide; fire curtain track
Company Manager
Director
Board of Directors
Smoke Pocket
36. Two instruments - same circuit
Masking
Proscenium Stage
Milliner
Two Fer
37. A hose connection for a fire hose
Scenic Designer
ontinental Seating
Stand pipe
Batten Clamp
38. The area onstage furthest away from the audience
Flats
Crossover
Drop
Upstage
39. Large portables pieces of the stage setting
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
FOH: Front of House
Set Pieces
Channels
40. Creates a visual home for the play on stage - setting (color)
Trap room
short short - short - center - long - long long
Scenic Director
Center Line
41. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music
Gussets
Masking
Cues
Fly loft
42. First rules of safety in theater
Look - listen - and learn
Proscenium Stage
Batten Clamp
Two Fer
43. (Seating) entering & exiting at extreme ends; Zellerbach Playhouse is like this
olor Elevations
Catwalk
Batten Clamp
ontinental Seating
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
Dramaturg
Source 4 ERS
Scrim
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
45. A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Scrim
Drop
Gel
46. Most commonly used lighting instrument in the theatre that we focused
Trump Ploy
Section View
Proscenium Stage
Source 4 ERS
47. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys
Scenic Director
Fly loft
Borders
Overhung
48. Scenic term - deceiving the eye: from far away looks real but close it's just tricky talent
FOH: Front of House
Trump Ploy
Scrim
SAFETY
49. Makes shoes
Milliner
Rocker
Platforms
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
50. 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
Crossover
Artistic Director
Gridiron
Borders