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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.
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. Scenic term - deceiving the eye: from far away looks real but close it's just tricky talent
Downstage
Elevation
Trump Ploy
Two Fer
2. 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
Gel
Scrim
Milliner
Stage Directions
3. 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
Front of House (FOH)
Sprinkling system
Borders
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
4. Connection between pipe batten and lift lines - before trim chain.
TPI
Batten Clamp
Asbestos
Circuit
5. (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
Cove
Gridiron
Actual vs. Nominal
Offstage
6. 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
Scrim
Fly loft
Black Box
Offstage
7. Painted set on the ground which the actors stand on
Stand pipe
Thrust Stage
Platform
Lighting Designer
8. 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
Artistic Director
Stage Manager
Scrim
Dramaturg
9. Connection between pipe batten and lift lines - before trim chain.
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Batten Clamp
Dimmers
Circuit
10. Scenic term - deceiving the eye: from far away looks real but close it's just tricky talent
Trump Ploy
Tormentors
Batten Clamp
Director
11. Makes shoes
Platforms
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Production Manager
12. Any incline of audience or stage.
Channels
Rake
Director
Apron
13. A curtain that travels up and down inside a guide; fire curtain track
Set Pieces
Gussets
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Smoke Pocket
14. Designer that usually determines the color of the show
Drapery
Scenic Director
Proscenium Stage
Scenic Designer
15. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts
Company Manager
Upstage
Production Manager
Smoke Pocket
16. What is anything downstage from the plaster line in a proscenium house?
Black Box
Grand Drape
FOH: Front of House
Dramaturg
17. First rule of any work done in theatre space or shop
Gussets
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
SAFETY
FOH: Front of House
18. (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
Overhung
Channels
Gobo
Actual vs. Nominal
19. A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects
TPI
Gel
Locking rail
Board of Directors
20. 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
Platform
Lighting Designer
Tormentors
ontinental Seating
21. Painted set on the ground which the actors stand on
Proscenium Stage
Head block
Fly loft
Platform
22. Imaginary line from one side of the proscenium opening tot he other - divides apron from the stage floor.
Plaster Line
Company Manager
Sprinkling system
Circuit
23. A theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides
Locking rail
Thrust Stage
Rails & Styles
Milliner
24. According to what do lighting designers arrange their light plots - allowing them to follow a 'map' of the plot
Channels
Crossover
Gel
Voltage
25. Flat view of area if cut or sliced - like a dissection and see inner workings of multiple levels
Section View
Offstage
Proscenium Stage
Channels
26. Makes shoes
short short - short - center - long - long long
Artistic Director
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Cyclorama
27. Also called the main drape - the grand curtain - or the main rag; the one that has to open for the show to start
Company Manager
Grand Drape
Arena Stage
Set Pieces
28. A platform where pig irons are loaded onto or off of arbors
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Loading Dock
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Loft Block
29. 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
Rocker
Director
Dramaturg
Apron
30. Six steps to hang a light (fresnel or ellipsoidals)
Director
Rake
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Pit
31. A metal cutout that is placed in front of the lens of a lighting instrument to create different shadowed images on stage
Center Line
Dimmers
Thrust Stage
Gobo
32. Most commonly used lighting instrument in the theatre that we focused
Source 4 ERS
Dramaturg
Gel
Stand pipe
33. (Seating) entering & exiting at extreme ends; Zellerbach Playhouse is like this
Actual vs. Nominal
Wings
Gussets
ontinental Seating
34. What kind of pipe batten does Zellerbach use/order?
Channels
Channels
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Locking rail
35. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery
Black Box
Fusible links
Catwalk
Stage Manager
36. Directions from the actor's point of view
Gel
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Stage Directions
Drop
37. According to what do lighting designers arrange their light plots - allowing them to follow a 'map' of the plot
Proscenium Stage
Channels
Platforms
Circuit
38. 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
Grand Drape
Trap room
Two Fer
Board of Directors
39. Everything hands on - the person who figures out how the set will be built and then oversees construction - works closest with Scenic Director
Tormentors
Production Manager
ontinental Seating
Technical Director
40. 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
Look - listen - and learn
Perspective Scenery
Tormentors
41. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Fly loft
Scrim
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
42. To use a fire extinguish (acronym)
Smoke Pocket
Source 4 ERS
Section View
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
43. The person who finds the financial investors - hires the director and production staff - sets the budget - and pays the bills for a theatrical production
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Producer
Grand Drape
Scenic Director
44. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?
Lighting Designer
Drapery
Proscenium Stage
short short - short - center - long - long long
45. Helps to protect the audience from fires that happen on stage - comes in fast and helps to conceal the fire in one place
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Fire Curtain
Arena Stage
Two Fer
46. Hanging cloth used as a blind - especially for a window
FOH: Front of House
Drapery
Pit
Batten Clamp
47. Painted boards that the scenic designer uses to communicate with the scenic artist
Vomitorium
olor Elevations
Artistic Director
Actual vs. Nominal
48. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?
Fire Curtain
TPI
Proscenium Stage
Upstage
49. Painted boards that the scenic designer uses to communicate with the scenic artist
Black Box
olor Elevations
Director
Fresnel
50. An imaginary line running from the front to the back of the stage through the exact center of the proscenium arch
Trump Ploy
Gridiron
Center Line
Director