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Stagecraft Basics
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performing-arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Two instruments - same circuit
Company Manager
Two Fer
Crossover
Stage Manager
2. A metal cutout that is placed in front of the lens of a lighting instrument to create different shadowed images on stage
Catwalk
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Gobo
Pit
3. Imaginary line from one side of the proscenium opening tot he other - divides apron from the stage floor.
Masking
Plaster Line
Dimmers
Circuit
4. Front part or area of the stage extending past the main act curtain; also called lip
Apron
Flats
Rocker
Gel
5. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
Pit
Overhung
Two Fer
Platform
6. 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
Drop
Flats
Dramaturg
Pipe weight
7. 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.
Gel
Vomitorium
Master Electrician/Electrician
olor Elevations
8. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?
Proscenium Stage
Center Line
Gobo
Fly Space
9. Large portables pieces of the stage setting
Set Pieces
Channels
Board of Directors
Borders
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.
Thrust Stage
Dramaturg
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Catwalk
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
Vomitorium
Flats
olor Elevations
Board of Directors
12. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts
Section View
Rake
Scenic Designer
Company Manager
13. Corridor or hallway to make quick passage way from one side to another - behind stage
Source 4 ERS
Look - listen - and learn
Company Manager
Crossover
14. 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
Overhung
Director
Grand Drape
Stage Manager
15. A hose connection for a fire hose
Upstage
Channels
Stand pipe
Fusible links
16. The side areas of the stage - out of view of the audience; the area where the actors wait for their entrances
Producer
Gobo
Crossover
Wings
17. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe
Gussets
Rake
Proscenium Stage
short short - short - center - long - long long
18. Scenic term - deceiving the eye: from far away looks real but close it's just tricky talent
Offstage
Thrust Stage
Sprinkling system
Trump Ploy
19. 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
Perspective Scenery
Source 4 ERS
Borders
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
20. Everything hands on - the person who figures out how the set will be built and then oversees construction - works closest with Scenic Director
Stage Manager
Technical Director
Scenic Director
Arena Stage
21. Connection between pipe batten and lift lines - before trim chain.
Cues
Batten Clamp
Cyclorama
Artistic Director
22. Final artistic choices go to
Director
Fly Space
Rails & Styles
Apron
23. Corridor or hallway to make quick passage way from one side to another - behind stage
Stage Manager
Crossover
Circuit
Pipe weight
24. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
Director
Offstage
Thrust Stage
Flats
25. 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
Pit
Vomitorium
Rake
Dramaturg
26. Also known as legs - flats or curtains at the extreme right and left of stage
Gridiron
Tormentors
Fresnel
Look - listen - and learn
27. (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
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Plaster Line
Upstage
28. 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
Stand pipe
Scrim
Voltage
Rails & Styles
29. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys
Fly loft
Front of House (FOH)
Fire Curtain
Technical Director
30. 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
Proscenium Stage
Scenic Designer
Cues
31. The area onstage furthest away from the audience
Crossover
Elevation
Upstage
Offstage
32. A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies
Stage Manager
Overhung
Head block
Drop
33. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
Overhung
Pit
Masking
Proscenium Stage
34. Flat view of area if cut or sliced - like a dissection and see inner workings of multiple levels
Overhung
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Section View
Catwalk
35. 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
Voltage
Gobo
Drop
36. Directions from the actor's point of view
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
FOH: Front of House
Stage Directions
Sprinkling system
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
Borders
Rocker
Cues
Source 4 ERS
38. Imaginary line from one side of the proscenium opening tot he other - divides apron from the stage floor.
Fresnel
Plaster Line
Platforms
Wings
39. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery
Masking
Black Box
Catwalk
Perspective Scenery
40. Hanging cloth used as a blind - especially for a window
Gel
Drapery
Pipe weight
Black Box
41. Flat view of area from a direction (north - south - east - west and in between)
FOH: Front of House
Elevation
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Catwalk
42. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use
Set Pieces
Fly Space
Black Box
Two Fer
43. (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
short short - short - center - long - long long
Front of House (FOH)
Overhung
44. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
Scenic Designer
Fresnel
Sprinkling system
TPI
45. 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
Fly loft
Platform
Technical Director
46. Most commonly used lighting instrument in the theatre that we focused
Gussets
Loft Block
Scenic Designer
Source 4 ERS
47. Levels of intensity
Offstage
Offstage
Technical Director
Dimmers
48. Painted set on the ground which the actors stand on
Stand pipe
Asbestos
Platform
Fly Space
49. 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
Company Manager
Director
Pipe weight
Black Box
50. A system of rigging and ropes that is used to raise and lower scenery within on stage - operated by hand or mechanically from backstage.
Cues
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Gobo
Look - listen - and learn
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