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Stagecraft Basics
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Study First
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. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )
Gobo
Fresnel
Gussets
Thrust Stage
2. Pressure
Director
Channels
Loft Block
Voltage
3. 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
Scenic Director
Locking rail
Fusible links
4. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use
Upstage
Milliner
Fly Space
Set Pieces
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
Artistic Director
Section View
Borders
Proscenium Stage
6. Flat view of area if cut or sliced - like a dissection and see inner workings of multiple levels
Ground Plan
Section View
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Apron
7. 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
Voltage
Stage Manager
Stage Directions
8. Everything filters through from Artistic Team - knows budget of time - labor - and money; keeps everyone in communication - conductor/diplomat
Offstage
Downstage
Production Manager
Channels
9. Hanging cloth used as a blind - especially for a window
Actual vs. Nominal
Cyclorama
Drapery
Look - listen - and learn
10. An imaginary line running from the front to the back of the stage through the exact center of the proscenium arch
Center Line
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Source 4 ERS
Vomitorium
11. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe
Front of House (FOH)
Dimmers
Section View
short short - short - center - long - long long
12. Underneath the stage where things are stored (like ERS' or Fresnels and seats)
Borders
Tormentors
Trap room
Company Manager
13. A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies
Gobo
Rails & Styles
Drop
Stand pipe
14. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories
Cues
Scenic Director
Milliner
Platforms
15. A hose connection for a fire hose
Artistic Director
Stand pipe
Loft Block
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
16. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )
Stand pipe
Artistic Director
Gussets
Perspective Scenery
17. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
Overhung
Front of House (FOH)
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
18. First rules of safety in theater
Look - listen - and learn
Downstage
Drapery
Tormentors
19. The purchase (hand) line runs through the __________ so it can be secured in place.
SAFETY
Scenic Director
Elevation
Locking rail
20. A performance space in which the audience sits in front of the stage and views as if through a picture frame
Proscenium Stage
Master Electrician/Electrician
Loading Dock
Set Pieces
21. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery
Wings
Thrust Stage
Catwalk
Downstage
22. Corridor or hallway to make quick passage way from one side to another - behind stage
Loft Block
Drop
Producer
Crossover
23. Stage weights that remain on arbor when there are no scenery or lights attached
Pipe weight
Masking
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Borders
24. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
short short - short - center - long - long long
Voltage
Section View
Front of House (FOH)
25. Two instruments - same circuit
Ground Plan
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Platforms
Two Fer
26. To use a fire extinguish (acronym)
Smoke Pocket
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Cyclorama
27. Six steps to hang a light (fresnel or ellipsoidals)
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Perspective Scenery
Fly loft
Platforms
28. (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
Loft Block
Arena Stage
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Actual vs. Nominal
29. Grainer
Director
Fire Curtain
Director
Rocker
30. Stage weights that remain on arbor when there are no scenery or lights attached
Center Line
Scrim
Pipe weight
Voltage
31. A metal cutout that is placed in front of the lens of a lighting instrument to create different shadowed images on stage
Gobo
Proscenium Stage
Ground Plan
Circuit
32. A theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides
Black Box
Channels
Thrust Stage
Lighting Designer
33. A platform where pig irons are loaded onto or off of arbors
Loading Dock
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Stand pipe
Center Line
34. Directions from the actor's point of view
Trump Ploy
Loading Dock
Ground Plan
Stage Directions
35. Lighting position: anti-pro - or anti-proscenium
ontinental Seating
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Cove
Vomitorium
36. Flat view - floor plan of the stage and set (used to scale) - view of area if room came off
Cove
Artistic Director
ontinental Seating
Ground Plan
37. Scenic term - deceiving the eye: from far away looks real but close it's just tricky talent
Center Line
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Artistic Director
Trump Ploy
38. Flat view - floor plan of the stage and set (used to scale) - view of area if room came off
FOH: Front of House
Ground Plan
Technical Director
Wings
39. Lighting position: anti-pro - or anti-proscenium
Cove
Production Manager
olor Elevations
Scrim
40. The person who finds the financial investors - hires the director and production staff - sets the budget - and pays the bills for a theatrical production
Producer
Crossover
Borders
Fresnel
41. Plug in wall
Milliner
Rails & Styles
Actual vs. Nominal
Circuit
42. Made up of dimmers - map of plot
ontinental Seating
Borders
Channels
Locking rail
43. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
Board of Directors
Director
Masking
Front of House (FOH)
44. Also called the main drape - the grand curtain - or the main rag; the one that has to open for the show to start
Stage Manager
Rocker
Flats
Grand Drape
45. Everything hands on - the person who figures out how the set will be built and then oversees construction - works closest with Scenic Director
Technical Director
Actual vs. Nominal
Fly Space
Gel
46. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
FOH: Front of House
Drapery
TPI
Fresnel
47. Painted set on the ground which the actors stand on
Stand pipe
Cyclorama
Masking
Platform
48. 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.
Set Pieces
Look - listen - and learn
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Source 4 ERS
49. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
Channels
Proscenium Stage
Overhung
ontinental Seating
50. Most effective device for controlling a fire in the theatre - or any building
Pipe weight
Pipe weight
Sprinkling system
Fly loft