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Stagecraft Basics
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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.
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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. Helps to protect the audience from fires that happen on stage - comes in fast and helps to conceal the fire in one place
Stage Directions
Fire Curtain
Trump Ploy
Drop
2. The purchase (hand) line runs through the __________ so it can be secured in place.
Downstage
Proscenium Stage
Elevation
Locking rail
3. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories
Arena Stage
Milliner
Fusible links
Dramaturg
4. Plug in wall
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Trump Ploy
Proscenium Stage
Circuit
5. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery
Drop
Catwalk
Gridiron
Ground Plan
6. A system of rigging and ropes that is used to raise and lower scenery within on stage - operated by hand or mechanically from backstage.
Company Manager
Drop
Stand pipe
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
7. 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
Director
Stage Directions
Dimmers
8. Levels of intensity
Overhung
Dimmers
Pit
Voltage
9. A hose connection for a fire hose
Catwalk
Downstage
Perspective Scenery
Stand pipe
10. Makes shoes
olor Elevations
Section View
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Catwalk
11. A curtain that travels up and down inside a guide; fire curtain track
Smoke Pocket
Plaster Line
Technical Director
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
12. (Seating) entering & exiting at extreme ends; Zellerbach Playhouse is like this
SAFETY
Cyclorama
ontinental Seating
Batten Clamp
13. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use
Black Box
Pit
Channels
Fly Space
14. Scenic term - deceiving the eye: from far away looks real but close it's just tricky talent
Trump Ploy
Gobo
Catwalk
Artistic Director
15. First rules of safety in theater
Lighting Designer
Look - listen - and learn
TPI
Actual vs. Nominal
16. A stage area out of sight of the audience
Arena Stage
Offstage
Rocker
Two Fer
17. A metal cutout that is placed in front of the lens of a lighting instrument to create different shadowed images on stage
Gobo
Fusible links
Fly Space
Wings
18. Made up of dimmers - map of plot
Look - listen - and learn
Drop
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Channels
19. Made of plastic or vinyl - can project lights and images from front or back of them.
Producer
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Dimmers
Plaster Line
20. Six steps to hang a light (fresnel or ellipsoidals)
Channels
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
SAFETY
21. Plug in wall
TPI
Perspective Scenery
Circuit
Fresnel
22. The side areas of the stage - out of view of the audience; the area where the actors wait for their entrances
Director
Wings
Pipe weight
Cove
23. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys
Arena Stage
TPI
Source 4 ERS
Fly loft
24. 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
Channels
Circuit
Wings
25. 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
Crossover
Company Manager
Plaster Line
Dramaturg
26. A curtain that travels up and down inside a guide; fire curtain track
Smoke Pocket
Cyclorama
Company Manager
ontinental Seating
27. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
Gel
Thrust Stage
Director
Ground Plan
28. Painted set on the ground which the actors stand on
Pit
Platform
Loft Block
Ground Plan
29. An imaginary line running from the front to the back of the stage through the exact center of the proscenium arch
Black Box
Offstage
Director
Center Line
30. Grainer
Stand pipe
Rocker
Trap room
Borders
31. Stage weights that remain on arbor when there are no scenery or lights attached
Loading Dock
Producer
Pipe weight
olor Elevations
32. The area onstage furthest away from the audience
Set Pieces
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Upstage
Production Manager
33. What kind of pipe batten does Zellerbach use/order?
Look - listen - and learn
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Pit
Thrust Stage
34. Most effective device for controlling a fire in the theatre - or any building
Sprinkling system
Batten Clamp
Overhung
Proscenium Stage
35. Most commonly used lighting instrument in the theatre that we focused
Trump Ploy
Source 4 ERS
Offstage
Fly loft
36. Final artistic choices go to
Locking rail
Director
Plaster Line
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
37. Main wheel at the top of the counterweight arbor system
Artistic Director
Overhung
Technical Director
Head block
38. The part of the stage closest to the audience
Technical Director
Company Manager
Asbestos
Downstage
39. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
Upstage
Gridiron
Artistic Director
Masking
40. Also known as legs - flats or curtains at the extreme right and left of stage
TPI
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Tormentors
Voltage
41. Flat view of area from a direction (north - south - east - west and in between)
Gel
Elevation
Technical Director
Source 4 ERS
42. Large portables pieces of the stage setting
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Set Pieces
Arena Stage
Downstage
43. Front part or area of the stage extending past the main act curtain; also called lip
Apron
Look - listen - and learn
Gobo
Scrim
44. Also known as legs - flats or curtains at the extreme right and left of stage
Cove
Tormentors
Proscenium Stage
Fusible links
45. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?
Circuit
Center Line
Scenic Director
Proscenium Stage
46. Designer that usually determines the color of the show
Thrust Stage
Scenic Designer
Director
Elevation
47. A system of rigging and ropes that is used to raise and lower scenery within on stage - operated by hand or mechanically from backstage.
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Channels
Flats
48. 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
short short - short - center - long - long long
Cyclorama
Batten Clamp
Rake
49. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
Dramaturg
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Gridiron
Director
50. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe
Cove
Trap room
Loading Dock
short short - short - center - long - long long