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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. Mounted to the gridiron or support steel that supports and changes the direction of a lift line rope between the load and the head block
Loft Block
Vomitorium
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Rake
2. Painted set on the ground which the actors stand on
Platform
Channels
Circuit
Drapery
3. An imaginary line running from the front to the back of the stage through the exact center of the proscenium arch
Actual vs. Nominal
Center Line
Loft Block
Gridiron
4. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use
Stage Directions
Wings
Company Manager
Fly Space
5. 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
Fusible links
Borders
Center Line
Scenic Designer
6. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background
Trump Ploy
Elevation
Flats
Milliner
7. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
Masking
Platform
Platforms
Rake
8. Metal connectors that holds the fire curtain in the air
Upstage
Fusible links
SAFETY
Gobo
9. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
TPI
Loft Block
Asbestos
Center Line
10. Lighting instrument whose name refers to the etched or contoured glass lens
Drop
Fresnel
ontinental Seating
Front of House (FOH)
11. Large portables pieces of the stage setting
Technical Director
Cues
Platform
Set Pieces
12. Corridor or hallway to make quick passage way from one side to another - behind stage
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Locking rail
Gridiron
Crossover
13. Made up of dimmers - map of plot
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Pit
Channels
14. (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
Actual vs. Nominal
Trump Ploy
Loft Block
Stand pipe
15. A hose connection for a fire hose
Smoke Pocket
Proscenium Stage
Scenic Designer
Stand pipe
16. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
Masking
Trump Ploy
Fly loft
Borders
17. Levels of intensity
Proscenium Stage
Dimmers
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Pit
18. The part of the stage closest to the audience
Channels
Downstage
Asbestos
Two Fer
19. Grainer
Trump Ploy
Rocker
Loft Block
Fly Space
20. Best friends with Sound Tech in that both work hand in hand - makes everything work (elec) - wires - hangs - plugs & focuses according to Lighting Designer
Tormentors
Circuit
Master Electrician/Electrician
olor Elevations
21. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
Producer
Proscenium Stage
Overhung
Platforms
22. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
Downstage
Overhung
Elevation
Pipe weight
23. Six steps to hang a light (fresnel or ellipsoidals)
Director
Dramaturg
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Plaster Line
24. Front part or area of the stage extending past the main act curtain; also called lip
Apron
Cues
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Head block
25. The area onstage furthest away from the audience
Drop
Proscenium Stage
Dramaturg
Upstage
26. Corridor or hallway to make quick passage way from one side to another - behind stage
Company Manager
Director
Front of House (FOH)
Crossover
27. Makes shoes
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Stand pipe
Set Pieces
28. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery
Catwalk
Grand Drape
Masking
Voltage
29. A passage situated below or behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre - through which crowds can 'spew out' at the end of a performance.
Ground Plan
Apron
Vomitorium
Smoke Pocket
30. Flat view of area if cut or sliced - like a dissection and see inner workings of multiple levels
Loft Block
Section View
Stage Manager
SAFETY
31. Orchestra pit where the band plays
Asbestos
Artistic Director
Pit
Head block
32. 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
Dramaturg
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Offstage
Rails & Styles
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
Master Electrician/Electrician
Cues
Gridiron
Thrust Stage
34. Plug in wall
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Cyclorama
Circuit
Rails & Styles
35. 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
Dramaturg
Cove
Artistic Director
Drop
36. Figures out place - theme of season and has final say
Upstage
Flats
Cyclorama
Artistic Director
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
Front of House (FOH)
Ground Plan
Platform
Actual vs. Nominal
38. Flat view of area from a direction (north - south - east - west and in between)
Upstage
Front of House (FOH)
Locking rail
Elevation
39. Underneath the stage where things are stored (like ERS' or Fresnels and seats)
Trap room
Platform
Catwalk
Gel
40. Imaginary line from one side of the proscenium opening tot he other - divides apron from the stage floor.
Cove
Gobo
Ground Plan
Plaster Line
41. Designer that usually determines the color of the show
Production Manager
Master Electrician/Electrician
Channels
Scenic Designer
42. According to what do lighting designers arrange their light plots - allowing them to follow a 'map' of the plot
Channels
Plaster Line
Cues
Section View
43. 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
Channels
Scenic Designer
Platform
44. A metal cutout that is placed in front of the lens of a lighting instrument to create different shadowed images on stage
Wings
Gobo
Fire Curtain
Board of Directors
45. Six steps to hang a light (fresnel or ellipsoidals)
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Perspective Scenery
Black Box
Masking
46. A stage area out of sight of the audience
Producer
Flats
Offstage
Gel
47. Steel framework that runs above the stage that is used to support the rigging system
Asbestos
short short - short - center - long - long long
Gridiron
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
Circuit
Scrim
Cues
Masking
49. Made of plastic or vinyl - can project lights and images from front or back of them.
FOH: Front of House
Gel
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Lighting Designer
50. 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
Trap room
Scrim
Overhung
Producer