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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. Flat view of area if cut or sliced - like a dissection and see inner workings of multiple levels
Section View
Cove
Grand Drape
Loft Block
2. Stage weights that remain on arbor when there are no scenery or lights attached
Pipe weight
Fresnel
Fly loft
Stage Manager
3. Makes shoes
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
TPI
Dramaturg
Flats
4. Lighting instrument whose name refers to the etched or contoured glass lens
Gussets
Director
Fresnel
Stage Manager
5. A metal cutout that is placed in front of the lens of a lighting instrument to create different shadowed images on stage
Gobo
Cues
Fusible links
Loading Dock
6. (Framing) - Rails (shorter) always caps a style (long)
Rails & Styles
FOH: Front of House
Stand pipe
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
7. Large portables pieces of the stage setting
Cove
Masking
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Set Pieces
8. Everything hands on - the person who figures out how the set will be built and then oversees construction - works closest with Scenic Director
Technical Director
Master Electrician/Electrician
Director
Fresnel
9. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music
Masking
Cues
Upstage
Two Fer
10. 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.
Flats
Vomitorium
Stand pipe
Batten Clamp
11. What kind of pipe batten does Zellerbach use/order?
Asbestos
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Board of Directors
Sprinkling system
12. First rule of any work done in theatre space or shop
SAFETY
Stand pipe
Proscenium Stage
Fly Space
13. 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.
Vomitorium
olor Elevations
Scenic Designer
Loft Block
14. The area onstage furthest away from the audience
Upstage
Fly loft
Channels
Locking rail
15. Scenic term - deceiving the eye: from far away looks real but close it's just tricky talent
Proscenium Stage
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Trump Ploy
TPI
16. 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
Scrim
Platforms
Production Manager
Ground Plan
17. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
Flats
Stage Directions
Front of House (FOH)
Pipe weight
18. Painted boards that the scenic designer uses to communicate with the scenic artist
olor Elevations
Proscenium Stage
Thrust Stage
Apron
19. (Seating) entering & exiting at extreme ends; Zellerbach Playhouse is like this
Plaster Line
SAFETY
ontinental Seating
Source 4 ERS
20. Best friends with Sound Tech in that both work hand in hand - makes everything work (elec) - wires - hangs - plugs & focuses according to Lighting Designer
Master Electrician/Electrician
Voltage
Masking
Borders
21. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys
Fly loft
Pipe weight
Flats
Arena Stage
22. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories
Loft Block
Two Fer
Milliner
Masking
23. A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects
Gel
Set Pieces
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Company Manager
24. Steel framework that runs above the stage that is used to support the rigging system
short short - short - center - long - long long
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Director
Gridiron
25. Creates a visual home for the play on stage - setting (color)
Set Pieces
Scenic Director
Artistic Director
Channels
26. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music
Rails & Styles
Cues
Board of Directors
Vomitorium
27. Grainer
Voltage
FOH: Front of House
Rocker
Black Box
28. A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies
Flats
Drop
Stand pipe
Circuit
29. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
Stand pipe
Set Pieces
Overhung
Two Fer
30. The person who finds the financial investors - hires the director and production staff - sets the budget - and pays the bills for a theatrical production
Drapery
Downstage
Loft Block
Producer
31. 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
Loft Block
Fly loft
Channels
Ground Plan
32. Imaginary line from one side of the proscenium opening tot he other - divides apron from the stage floor.
Overhung
Gel
Artistic Director
Plaster Line
33. First rules of safety in theater
SAFETY
Front of House (FOH)
Look - listen - and learn
Artistic Director
34. 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
Fly loft
Dramaturg
Flats
Board of Directors
35. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use
Fly Space
Trap room
Pit
Channels
36. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
Director
Look - listen - and learn
Pit
Loading Dock
37. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts
Technical Director
Board of Directors
SAFETY
Company Manager
38. 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
Rocker
Plaster Line
Gobo
Cyclorama
39. Also called the main drape - the grand curtain - or the main rag; the one that has to open for the show to start
Gridiron
Grand Drape
Platforms
Crossover
40. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )
Gussets
Ground Plan
Circuit
Dramaturg
41. Corridor or hallway to make quick passage way from one side to another - behind stage
Channels
Look - listen - and learn
Asbestos
Crossover
42. 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
Master Electrician/Electrician
Board of Directors
Loft Block
Platform
43. Final artistic choices go to
Batten Clamp
Loft Block
Upstage
Director
44. Painted set on the ground which the actors stand on
Black Box
SAFETY
Platform
Gussets
45. Scenery that represents three-dimensional space on a flat surface
Masking
Look - listen - and learn
Gridiron
Perspective Scenery
46. Any incline of audience or stage.
Channels
Rake
Stage Directions
Proscenium Stage
47. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
Borders
Rocker
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Masking
48. Scenic term - deceiving the eye: from far away looks real but close it's just tricky talent
Elevation
Trump Ploy
Scenic Director
Perspective Scenery
49. 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
Platforms
Dramaturg
Proscenium Stage
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
50. A curtain that travels up and down inside a guide; fire curtain track
Perspective Scenery
Voltage
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Smoke Pocket