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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. A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects
Overhung
Master Electrician/Electrician
Lighting Designer
Gel
2. A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects
Gel
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Cues
Downstage
3. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
Elevation
Stage Manager
Director
Technical Director
4. Flat view of area if cut or sliced - like a dissection and see inner workings of multiple levels
Trump Ploy
Section View
Offstage
Asbestos
5. A hose connection for a fire hose
Stand pipe
Board of Directors
Arena Stage
Company Manager
6. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
Gobo
Overhung
Pipe weight
Gridiron
7. Most effective device for controlling a fire in the theatre - or any building
Center Line
Sprinkling system
Master Electrician/Electrician
TPI
8. Flat view of area from a direction (north - south - east - west and in between)
Gridiron
Head block
Batten Clamp
Elevation
9. Steel framework that runs above the stage that is used to support the rigging system
Sprinkling system
Gridiron
Grand Drape
Producer
10. (Framing) - Rails (shorter) always caps a style (long)
Black Box
Masking
short short - short - center - long - long long
Rails & Styles
11. Painted boards that the scenic designer uses to communicate with the scenic artist
FOH: Front of House
Asbestos
olor Elevations
Loading Dock
12. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music
Cues
Two Fer
Head block
Fire Curtain
13. According to what do lighting designers arrange their light plots - allowing them to follow a 'map' of the plot
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Channels
Dramaturg
Apron
14. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe
Dramaturg
short short - short - center - long - long long
Source 4 ERS
TPI
15. A platform where pig irons are loaded onto or off of arbors
Actual vs. Nominal
Loading Dock
Arena Stage
Elevation
16. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts
Downstage
Company Manager
Downstage
Board of Directors
17. Directions from the actor's point of view
Downstage
Loading Dock
Sprinkling system
Stage Directions
18. (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
Scenic Director
Master Electrician/Electrician
Downstage
19. Lighting position: anti-pro - or anti-proscenium
Cove
Production Manager
Fly loft
Channels
20. Flat view of area from a direction (north - south - east - west and in between)
Elevation
Wings
Wings
Front of House (FOH)
21. 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.
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Pipe weight
Pit
Company Manager
22. Lighting instrument whose name refers to the etched or contoured glass lens
Perspective Scenery
Director
Rake
Fresnel
23. Scenery that represents three-dimensional space on a flat surface
Director
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
olor Elevations
Perspective Scenery
24. Designer that usually determines the color of the show
Proscenium Stage
Scenic Designer
Apron
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
25. (Seating) entering & exiting at extreme ends; Zellerbach Playhouse is like this
ontinental Seating
Circuit
Crossover
Rocker
26. A hose connection for a fire hose
Source 4 ERS
Drapery
Stand pipe
Platform
27. A system of rigging and ropes that is used to raise and lower scenery within on stage - operated by hand or mechanically from backstage.
Dramaturg
Cove
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Master Electrician/Electrician
28. Made up of dimmers - map of plot
Locking rail
ontinental Seating
Channels
Gel
29. Plug in wall
FOH: Front of House
Circuit
Offstage
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
30. Scenic term - deceiving the eye: from far away looks real but close it's just tricky talent
Masking
Fly Space
Trump Ploy
Look - listen - and learn
31. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys
Proscenium Stage
Center Line
Drapery
Fly loft
32. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
Smoke Pocket
Thrust Stage
TPI
Catwalk
33. First rules of safety in theater
Look - listen - and learn
Platform
Masking
Apron
34. Levels of intensity
Offstage
Drop
Board of Directors
Dimmers
35. A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies
Drop
Proscenium Stage
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Technical Director
36. According to what do lighting designers arrange their light plots - allowing them to follow a 'map' of the plot
Sprinkling system
Head block
Channels
Pipe weight
37. Two instruments - same circuit
Two Fer
Voltage
short short - short - center - long - long long
Batten Clamp
38. A metal cutout that is placed in front of the lens of a lighting instrument to create different shadowed images on stage
Flats
Cues
Gobo
Dimmers
39. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
Front of House (FOH)
Proscenium Stage
Cove
Locking rail
40. Orchestra pit where the band plays
Pit
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Director
Vomitorium
41. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )
Gussets
Plaster Line
Actual vs. Nominal
Channels
42. Figures out place - theme of season and has final say
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Artistic Director
Trap room
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
43. 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
Asbestos
Circuit
Director
Loft Block
44. Also called the main drape - the grand curtain - or the main rag; the one that has to open for the show to start
Cues
Apron
Grand Drape
Producer
45. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music
Cues
Head block
Scenic Director
Arena Stage
46. Lighting position: anti-pro - or anti-proscenium
Grand Drape
Cues
Cove
Production Manager
47. Imaginary line from one side of the proscenium opening tot he other - divides apron from the stage floor.
Apron
olor Elevations
Plaster Line
Trap room
48. To use a fire extinguish (acronym)
Master Electrician/Electrician
Artistic Director
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Offstage
49. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
Drapery
Masking
Proscenium Stage
Loft Block
50. Corridor or hallway to make quick passage way from one side to another - behind stage
Borders
Crossover
Batten Clamp
Black Box
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