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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. 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
Set Pieces
Technical Director
Dramaturg
Black Box
2. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories
Milliner
Asbestos
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Fusible links
3. Made of plastic or vinyl - can project lights and images from front or back of them.
SAFETY
Producer
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Grand Drape
4. Everything hands on - the person who figures out how the set will be built and then oversees construction - works closest with Scenic Director
Rails & Styles
Technical Director
Stand pipe
Proscenium Stage
5. Levels of intensity
Source 4 ERS
Fly Space
Dimmers
Dramaturg
6. 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.
Arena Stage
Asbestos
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Apron
7. Front part or area of the stage extending past the main act curtain; also called lip
Tormentors
Apron
TPI
Batten Clamp
8. The area onstage furthest away from the audience
Upstage
Grand Drape
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Producer
9. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )
Gobo
Upstage
Gussets
Set Pieces
10. Plug in wall
Perspective Scenery
Borders
Circuit
Gobo
11. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
Offstage
Director
Rocker
ontinental Seating
12. Scenic term - deceiving the eye: from far away looks real but close it's just tricky talent
Dimmers
Drapery
Trump Ploy
Actual vs. Nominal
13. Most commonly used lighting instrument in the theatre that we focused
Trump Ploy
Gel
Section View
Source 4 ERS
14. 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.
Vomitorium
Channels
Loft Block
Proscenium Stage
15. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?
Proscenium Stage
Arena Stage
Plaster Line
Company Manager
16. Six steps to hang a light (fresnel or ellipsoidals)
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Milliner
Perspective Scenery
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
17. (Framing) - Rails (shorter) always caps a style (long)
Grand Drape
Loading Dock
Flats
Rails & Styles
18. Flat view - floor plan of the stage and set (used to scale) - view of area if room came off
Rocker
Gussets
Ground Plan
Fire Curtain
19. A theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides
Thrust Stage
Platforms
Pipe weight
Proscenium Stage
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
Stand pipe
Wings
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Master Electrician/Electrician
21. Levels of intensity
Dimmers
Platforms
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Rocker
22. The part of the stage closest to the audience
Fusible links
Fly loft
Downstage
Section View
23. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys
Vomitorium
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Fly loft
Cues
24. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
Director
Overhung
Masking
Rocker
25. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
Batten Clamp
Fly Space
Producer
Overhung
26. A performance space in which the audience sits all around the stage; sometimes called in-the-round
Batten Clamp
FOH: Front of House
Crossover
Arena Stage
27. 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
SAFETY
Dramaturg
Platforms
Pipe weight
28. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use
Fly Space
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Section View
Board of Directors
29. Six steps to hang a light (fresnel or ellipsoidals)
Director
Vomitorium
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Stage Manager
30. A metal cutout that is placed in front of the lens of a lighting instrument to create different shadowed images on stage
Stage Directions
Gobo
SAFETY
Director
31. Painted set on the ground which the actors stand on
Fly loft
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Platform
Section View
32. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
TPI
Offstage
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Proscenium Stage
33. Flat view of area from a direction (north - south - east - west and in between)
Milliner
Pit
Overhung
Elevation
34. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts
Dramaturg
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Company Manager
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
35. Helps to protect the audience from fires that happen on stage - comes in fast and helps to conceal the fire in one place
Fire Curtain
Channels
Technical Director
Artistic Director
36. To use a fire extinguish (acronym)
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Pit
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Masking
37. A performance space in which the audience sits in front of the stage and views as if through a picture frame
Flats
Board of Directors
Voltage
Proscenium Stage
38. What is anything downstage from the plaster line in a proscenium house?
Elevation
FOH: Front of House
Pipe weight
Cove
39. Made of plastic or vinyl - can project lights and images from front or back of them.
Apron
Milliner
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
ontinental Seating
40. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe
Overhung
short short - short - center - long - long long
Loft Block
Crossover
41. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Plaster Line
Front of House (FOH)
Asbestos
42. Designer that usually determines the color of the show
Platform
Scenic Designer
Plaster Line
Milliner
43. 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
Cues
Vomitorium
Scrim
FOH: Front of House
44. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
Apron
Downstage
Overhung
Fire Curtain
45. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe
short short - short - center - long - long long
Sprinkling system
TPI
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
46. (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
Center Line
Actual vs. Nominal
Voltage
Source 4 ERS
47. 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
Black Box
Technical Director
Stand pipe
Overhung
48. Creates a visual home for the play on stage - setting (color)
Head block
Scenic Director
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Artistic Director
49. Also called the main drape - the grand curtain - or the main rag; the one that has to open for the show to start
Platform
Platforms
Grand Drape
Upstage
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.
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Set Pieces
Board of Directors
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim