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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. A performance space in which the audience sits all around the stage; sometimes called in-the-round
Arena Stage
Loft Block
Center Line
Cues
2. Designer that usually determines the color of the show
Master Electrician/Electrician
Artistic Director
Scenic Designer
Scrim
3. Hanging cloth used as a blind - especially for a window
Dramaturg
Fly loft
Director
Drapery
4. Most effective device for controlling a fire in the theatre - or any building
Front of House (FOH)
Sprinkling system
Technical Director
Actual vs. Nominal
5. Grainer
Rocker
Gridiron
Fly Space
Center Line
6. Stage weights that remain on arbor when there are no scenery or lights attached
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Voltage
Two Fer
Pipe weight
7. Everything hands on - the person who figures out how the set will be built and then oversees construction - works closest with Scenic Director
Arena Stage
Section View
Dimmers
Technical Director
8. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use
Channels
SAFETY
Director
Fly Space
9. Connection between pipe batten and lift lines - before trim chain.
Director
Fly Space
Gussets
Batten Clamp
10. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories
Milliner
Gel
Front of House (FOH)
Dimmers
11. Painted boards that the scenic designer uses to communicate with the scenic artist
Director
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
olor Elevations
Drapery
12. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )
Gussets
Channels
Offstage
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
13. 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
TPI
Gridiron
Cyclorama
Look - listen - and learn
14. Made up of dimmers - map of plot
Lighting Designer
Head block
Channels
Source 4 ERS
15. An imaginary line running from the front to the back of the stage through the exact center of the proscenium arch
Actual vs. Nominal
Ground Plan
olor Elevations
Center Line
16. Steel framework that runs above the stage that is used to support the rigging system
Gridiron
Scenic Designer
ontinental Seating
Smoke Pocket
17. Lighting position: anti-pro - or anti-proscenium
Head block
Cove
Two Fer
Pit
18. Makes shoes
Production Manager
Proscenium Stage
Tormentors
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
19. A platform where pig irons are loaded onto or off of arbors
Master Electrician/Electrician
Director
ontinental Seating
Loading Dock
20. Underneath the stage where things are stored (like ERS' or Fresnels and seats)
Plaster Line
Drapery
Stage Directions
Trap room
21. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music
FOH: Front of House
short short - short - center - long - long long
Production Manager
Cues
22. A stage area out of sight of the audience
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Stage Directions
Rails & Styles
Offstage
23. Everything filters through from Artistic Team - knows budget of time - labor - and money; keeps everyone in communication - conductor/diplomat
Lighting Designer
Production Manager
olor Elevations
Borders
24. Everything filters through from Artistic Team - knows budget of time - labor - and money; keeps everyone in communication - conductor/diplomat
SAFETY
Downstage
Production Manager
Board of Directors
25. Most effective device for controlling a fire in the theatre - or any building
Section View
Source 4 ERS
Sprinkling system
Gobo
26. Stage weights that remain on arbor when there are no scenery or lights attached
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Black Box
Pipe weight
Thrust Stage
27. The area onstage furthest away from the audience
Rake
Upstage
Loading Dock
Stage Directions
28. A hose connection for a fire hose
Pit
Stand pipe
Look - listen - and learn
Batten Clamp
29. Made of plastic or vinyl - can project lights and images from front or back of them.
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Technical Director
Scenic Director
Fresnel
30. Figures out place - theme of season and has final say
Artistic Director
Milliner
Set Pieces
Grand Drape
31. 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
Channels
Cove
Black Box
Plaster Line
32. Directions from the actor's point of view
Asbestos
Drop
Stage Directions
Catwalk
33. The part of the stage closest to the audience
Rake
Downstage
Trump Ploy
Cyclorama
34. 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
Cyclorama
Stand pipe
Production Manager
Fly loft
35. Plug in wall
Drapery
Circuit
Fire Curtain
Scenic Designer
36. Flat view - floor plan of the stage and set (used to scale) - view of area if room came off
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
SAFETY
Ground Plan
olor Elevations
37. A curtain that travels up and down inside a guide; fire curtain track
Smoke Pocket
Batten Clamp
Trap room
Fresnel
38. 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.
Gobo
Smoke Pocket
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Channels
39. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
Overhung
Production Manager
TPI
Cues
40. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Front of House (FOH)
Voltage
Source 4 ERS
41. (Framing) - Rails (shorter) always caps a style (long)
Crossover
Rails & Styles
Platforms
Plaster Line
42. Made of plastic or vinyl - can project lights and images from front or back of them.
Master Electrician/Electrician
Grand Drape
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Rails & Styles
43. Set that's on the ground to stand on; painted
Fly Space
Grand Drape
Drapery
Platforms
44. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery
Catwalk
Board of Directors
FOH: Front of House
short short - short - center - long - long long
45. 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
Arena Stage
Look - listen - and learn
Scrim
Rocker
46. Helps to protect the audience from fires that happen on stage - comes in fast and helps to conceal the fire in one place
Company Manager
Technical Director
Fire Curtain
Master Electrician/Electrician
47. (Framing) - Rails (shorter) always caps a style (long)
Gel
Gel
Rails & Styles
Rake
48. First rule of any work done in theatre space or shop
Company Manager
SAFETY
Sprinkling system
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
49. Connection between pipe batten and lift lines - before trim chain.
Drapery
Cyclorama
Batten Clamp
Two Fer
50. According to what do lighting designers arrange their light plots - allowing them to follow a 'map' of the plot
Center Line
Channels
Milliner
Section View