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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. (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
Sprinkling system
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Upstage
Actual vs. Nominal
2. Pressure
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Set Pieces
Voltage
Gel
3. Six steps to hang a light (fresnel or ellipsoidals)
Front of House (FOH)
Channels
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
4. Painted boards that the scenic designer uses to communicate with the scenic artist
olor Elevations
Asbestos
Platform
Production Manager
5. 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.
Borders
Fly Space
Vomitorium
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
6. A metal cutout that is placed in front of the lens of a lighting instrument to create different shadowed images on stage
Dramaturg
Stage Manager
Gobo
Gussets
7. 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
Dimmers
Scrim
Plaster Line
Center Line
8. 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
SAFETY
Dramaturg
Black Box
Loft Block
9. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
Rocker
Fire Curtain
Director
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
10. 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.
Offstage
Gridiron
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Two Fer
11. Stage weights that remain on arbor when there are no scenery or lights attached
Dimmers
Rails & Styles
Elevation
Pipe weight
12. 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
Drapery
Trap room
Director
Dramaturg
13. Flat view of area from a direction (north - south - east - west and in between)
Tormentors
Smoke Pocket
Elevation
short short - short - center - long - long long
14. To use a fire extinguish (acronym)
Masking
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Dramaturg
15. A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies
Stage Manager
Drop
Scrim
Trump Ploy
16. 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
Offstage
Black Box
Production Manager
Drop
17. According to what do lighting designers arrange their light plots - allowing them to follow a 'map' of the plot
Rocker
Producer
Proscenium Stage
Channels
18. First rule of any work done in theatre space or shop
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Dramaturg
Fly loft
SAFETY
19. The person in charge backstage; he or she helps the director during rehearsals and then takes charge backstage when the play is performed - also has to deal with performer's behavior
Smoke Pocket
Stage Manager
Platforms
FOH: Front of House
20. Directions from the actor's point of view
Plaster Line
Tormentors
Stage Directions
Company Manager
21. The side areas of the stage - out of view of the audience; the area where the actors wait for their entrances
Look - listen - and learn
Wings
Gridiron
Proscenium Stage
22. Two instruments - same circuit
Black Box
Grand Drape
Two Fer
Asbestos
23. Hanging cloth used as a blind - especially for a window
Drapery
Circuit
Front of House (FOH)
Technical Director
24. The area onstage furthest away from the audience
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
TPI
Production Manager
Upstage
25. Levels of intensity
Dimmers
Cues
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Thrust Stage
26. The person in charge backstage; he or she helps the director during rehearsals and then takes charge backstage when the play is performed - also has to deal with performer's behavior
Crossover
Stage Manager
Apron
Two Fer
27. A stage area out of sight of the audience
Offstage
Milliner
Stand pipe
Director
28. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background
Flats
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Thrust Stage
Company Manager
29. Also called the main drape - the grand curtain - or the main rag; the one that has to open for the show to start
Fusible links
Center Line
Rails & Styles
Grand Drape
30. Large portables pieces of the stage setting
Production Manager
Stage Manager
Set Pieces
Voltage
31. Directions from the actor's point of view
Borders
Source 4 ERS
Channels
Stage Directions
32. Scenery that represents three-dimensional space on a flat surface
Director
Smoke Pocket
Perspective Scenery
Head block
33. A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects
Gel
Look - listen - and learn
Drapery
Elevation
34. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys
short short - short - center - long - long long
Fly loft
Drop
Head block
35. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery
Dimmers
Perspective Scenery
Cove
Catwalk
36. Metal connectors that holds the fire curtain in the air
Fly Space
Stand pipe
Perspective Scenery
Fusible links
37. Scenic term - deceiving the eye: from far away looks real but close it's just tricky talent
Trump Ploy
Platforms
Stand pipe
Loading Dock
38. Lighting position: anti-pro - or anti-proscenium
Cove
Rails & Styles
Rocker
Pit
39. Any incline of audience or stage.
Asbestos
Circuit
Board of Directors
Rake
40. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background
Overhung
Flats
Technical Director
Scenic Director
41. Levels of intensity
Gridiron
Dimmers
Director
Director
42. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use
Rails & Styles
Scrim
Fly Space
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
43. Large portables pieces of the stage setting
Set Pieces
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
SAFETY
Apron
44. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery
Grand Drape
Channels
Platform
Catwalk
45. According to what do lighting designers arrange their light plots - allowing them to follow a 'map' of the plot
Dimmers
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Channels
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
46. A theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides
Proscenium Stage
Flats
Thrust Stage
Sprinkling system
47. 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
Lighting Designer
Rails & Styles
Gel
Section View
48. 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
Board of Directors
Rake
Fusible links
Fresnel
49. Final artistic choices go to
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Company Manager
Ground Plan
Director
50. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe
Head block
TPI
Grand Drape
short short - short - center - long - long long