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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. Final artistic choices go to
Dramaturg
Director
Batten Clamp
Source 4 ERS
2. Imaginary line from one side of the proscenium opening tot he other - divides apron from the stage floor.
Plaster Line
Circuit
Sprinkling system
Proscenium Stage
3. Steel framework that runs above the stage that is used to support the rigging system
Platform
Asbestos
Gridiron
Fresnel
4. To use a fire extinguish (acronym)
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Company Manager
Sprinkling system
Perspective Scenery
5. The purchase (hand) line runs through the __________ so it can be secured in place.
Apron
Front of House (FOH)
Locking rail
Scenic Designer
6. Best friends with Sound Tech in that both work hand in hand - makes everything work (elec) - wires - hangs - plugs & focuses according to Lighting Designer
Scenic Designer
Overhung
Master Electrician/Electrician
Black Box
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
Master Electrician/Electrician
Look - listen - and learn
Gussets
8. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
Stage Directions
SAFETY
Ground Plan
Front of House (FOH)
9. Directions from the actor's point of view
Ground Plan
Stage Directions
Pit
Masking
10. Plug in wall
Circuit
Source 4 ERS
Stage Manager
Tormentors
11. Main wheel at the top of the counterweight arbor system
Sprinkling system
Head block
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Arena Stage
12. A performance space in which the audience sits all around the stage; sometimes called in-the-round
Catwalk
Scrim
Cues
Arena Stage
13. Lighting instrument whose name refers to the etched or contoured glass lens
Set Pieces
Downstage
olor Elevations
Fresnel
14. Painted boards that the scenic designer uses to communicate with the scenic artist
Company Manager
Black Box
Channels
olor Elevations
15. 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
Gobo
Loft Block
Look - listen - and learn
Producer
16. Orchestra pit where the band plays
SAFETY
Locking rail
Trap room
Pit
17. (Framing) - Rails (shorter) always caps a style (long)
Crossover
Drop
Gel
Rails & Styles
18. Painted set on the ground which the actors stand on
Platform
Trump Ploy
Director
Production Manager
19. Corridor or hallway to make quick passage way from one side to another - behind stage
Voltage
Batten Clamp
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Crossover
20. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys
Fly loft
Loft Block
Set Pieces
Section View
21. A curtain that travels up and down inside a guide; fire curtain track
Masking
Producer
Grand Drape
Smoke Pocket
22. 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
olor Elevations
Crossover
Vomitorium
Black Box
23. 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
Smoke Pocket
Director
Sprinkling system
24. The side areas of the stage - out of view of the audience; the area where the actors wait for their entrances
Center Line
Pipe weight
Wings
FOH: Front of House
25. Two instruments - same circuit
Producer
Sprinkling system
Wings
Two Fer
26. The part of the stage closest to the audience
Arena Stage
Downstage
Circuit
Milliner
27. Grainer
Rails & Styles
Look - listen - and learn
Rocker
Source 4 ERS
28. (Seating) entering & exiting at extreme ends; Zellerbach Playhouse is like this
Rocker
Stand pipe
Producer
ontinental Seating
29. A performance space in which the audience sits in front of the stage and views as if through a picture frame
Proscenium Stage
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
olor Elevations
Trap room
30. A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies
Drop
Board of Directors
Stage Directions
Lighting Designer
31. According to what do lighting designers arrange their light plots - allowing them to follow a 'map' of the plot
Channels
Locking rail
Borders
Actual vs. Nominal
32. (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
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Director
Actual vs. Nominal
Batten Clamp
33. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe
Borders
short short - short - center - long - long long
Drapery
Director
34. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
Head block
Grand Drape
Masking
Center Line
35. The person who finds the financial investors - hires the director and production staff - sets the budget - and pays the bills for a theatrical production
Rake
Stand pipe
Rocker
Producer
36. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
Fusible links
Overhung
Vomitorium
Black Box
37. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?
Proscenium Stage
Scenic Designer
Fly Space
Drapery
38. Creates a visual home for the play on stage - setting (color)
Voltage
TPI
Rails & Styles
Scenic Director
39. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music
Batten Clamp
Cues
Lighting Designer
Smoke Pocket
40. Best friends with Sound Tech in that both work hand in hand - makes everything work (elec) - wires - hangs - plugs & focuses according to Lighting Designer
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Master Electrician/Electrician
Gussets
Wings
41. Flat view - floor plan of the stage and set (used to scale) - view of area if room came off
Downstage
Head block
Ground Plan
Production Manager
42. Levels of intensity
Smoke Pocket
Look - listen - and learn
Flats
Dimmers
43. 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
Channels
Perspective Scenery
Source 4 ERS
44. Six steps to hang a light (fresnel or ellipsoidals)
Scenic Director
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
short short - short - center - long - long long
Rocker
45. Everything hands on - the person who figures out how the set will be built and then oversees construction - works closest with Scenic Director
Pipe weight
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Channels
Technical Director
46. 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
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Wings
Lighting Designer
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
47. Flat view - floor plan of the stage and set (used to scale) - view of area if room came off
Front of House (FOH)
Trap room
Platform
Ground Plan
48. The area onstage furthest away from the audience
short short - short - center - long - long long
Upstage
Wings
Borders
49. A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies
short short - short - center - long - long long
Head block
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Drop
50. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )
Rocker
Gussets
Circuit
Production Manager