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






2. A curtain that travels up and down inside a guide; fire curtain track






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






4. A system of rigging and ropes that is used to raise and lower scenery within on stage - operated by hand or mechanically from backstage.






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






6. Lighting instrument whose name refers to the etched or contoured glass lens






7. Directions from the actor's point of view






8. The side areas of the stage - out of view of the audience; the area where the actors wait for their entrances






9. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)






10. Large portables pieces of the stage setting






11. 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






12. Painted set on the ground which the actors stand on






13. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show






14. Directions from the actor's point of view






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






16. Front part or area of the stage extending past the main act curtain; also called lip






17. Makes shoes






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






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






20. 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






21. Fire curtain used to be called this






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






23. Designer that usually determines the color of the show






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






25. Designer that usually determines the color of the show






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






27. Steel framework that runs above the stage that is used to support the rigging system






28. First rule of any work done in theatre space or shop






29. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium






30. A theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides






31. (Seating) entering & exiting at extreme ends; Zellerbach Playhouse is like this






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






33. Best friends with Sound Tech in that both work hand in hand - makes everything work (elec) - wires - hangs - plugs & focuses according to Lighting Designer






34. Lighting position: anti-pro - or anti-proscenium






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






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






37. 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






38. An imaginary line running from the front to the back of the stage through the exact center of the proscenium arch






39. 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






40. Final artistic choices go to






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






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






43. (Framing) - Rails (shorter) always caps a style (long)






44. Connection between pipe batten and lift lines - before trim chain.






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






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






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






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






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






50. Best friends with Sound Tech in that both work hand in hand - makes everything work (elec) - wires - hangs - plugs & focuses according to Lighting Designer