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Stagecraft Basics

Subject : 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. Everything filters through from Artistic Team - knows budget of time - labor - and money; keeps everyone in communication - conductor/diplomat






2. A stage area out of sight of the audience






3. What is anything downstage from the plaster line in a proscenium house?






4. Also known as legs - flats or curtains at the extreme right and left of stage






5. Helps to protect the audience from fires that happen on stage - comes in fast and helps to conceal the fire in one place






6. Creates a visual home for the play on stage - setting (color)






7. The person who finds the financial investors - hires the director and production staff - sets the budget - and pays the bills for a theatrical production






8. Scenery that represents three-dimensional space on a flat surface






9. Fire curtain used to be called this






10. Scenery that represents three-dimensional space on a flat surface






11. A performance space in which the audience sits all around the stage; sometimes called in-the-round






12. Figures out place - theme of season and has final say






13. 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






14. A hose connection for a fire hose






15. 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






16. A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects






17. A hose connection for a fire hose






18. A metal cutout that is placed in front of the lens of a lighting instrument to create different shadowed images on stage






19. Orchestra pit where the band plays






20. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music






21. A stage area out of sight of the audience






22. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories






23. Everything hands on - the person who figures out how the set will be built and then oversees construction - works closest with Scenic Director






24. What kind of pipe batten does Zellerbach use/order?






25. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use






26. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts






27. Stage weights that remain on arbor when there are no scenery or lights attached






28. The purchase (hand) line runs through the __________ so it can be secured in place.






29. 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.






30. A performance space in which the audience sits in front of the stage and views as if through a picture frame






31. The purchase (hand) line runs through the __________ so it can be secured in place.






32. Metal connectors that holds the fire curtain in the air






33. Most effective device for controlling a fire in the theatre - or any building






34. A metal cutout that is placed in front of the lens of a lighting instrument to create different shadowed images on stage






35. Six steps to hang a light (fresnel or ellipsoidals)






36. The part of the stage closest to the audience






37. (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






38. Also called the main drape - the grand curtain - or the main rag; the one that has to open for the show to start






39. Main wheel at the top of the counterweight arbor system






40. Corridor or hallway to make quick passage way from one side to another - behind stage






41. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music






42. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen






43. Flat view of area from a direction (north - south - east - west and in between)






44. Most commonly used lighting instrument in the theatre that we focused






45. Most effective device for controlling a fire in the theatre - or any building






46. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )






47. Everything hands on - the person who figures out how the set will be built and then oversees construction - works closest with Scenic Director






48. 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






49. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background






50. 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