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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. According to what do lighting designers arrange their light plots - allowing them to follow a 'map' of the plot
Two Fer
Channels
Apron
Loft Block
2. Flat view - floor plan of the stage and set (used to scale) - view of area if room came off
Downstage
Gel
SAFETY
Ground Plan
3. Six steps to hang a light (fresnel or ellipsoidals)
Channels
Asbestos
Board of Directors
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
4. 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
Grand Drape
Borders
Director
Catwalk
5. Large portables pieces of the stage setting
Set Pieces
Rails & Styles
Fresnel
Stand pipe
6. Final artistic choices go to
Director
Milliner
Proscenium Stage
Technical Director
7. Flat view of area from a direction (north - south - east - west and in between)
Elevation
Fire Curtain
Ground Plan
Plaster Line
8. Set that's on the ground to stand on; painted
Cove
Plaster Line
Arena Stage
Platforms
9. Scenery that represents three-dimensional space on a flat surface
Perspective Scenery
Loft Block
Fire Curtain
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
10. Scenery that represents three-dimensional space on a flat surface
Pit
Channels
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Perspective Scenery
11. Any incline of audience or stage.
Rake
Gel
Scrim
Channels
12. Levels of intensity
Upstage
Locking rail
Dimmers
Proscenium Stage
13. Underneath the stage where things are stored (like ERS' or Fresnels and seats)
Arena Stage
TPI
Gel
Trap room
14. Connection between pipe batten and lift lines - before trim chain.
Plaster Line
Stand pipe
Platforms
Batten Clamp
15. A performance space in which the audience sits all around the stage; sometimes called in-the-round
Scenic Director
Pipe weight
Stand pipe
Arena Stage
16. Metal connectors that holds the fire curtain in the air
Offstage
Producer
Fusible links
Gel
17. Also called the main drape - the grand curtain - or the main rag; the one that has to open for the show to start
Grand Drape
SAFETY
Batten Clamp
Fusible links
18. 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
Smoke Pocket
Stage Manager
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Platforms
19. Figures out place - theme of season and has final say
Artistic Director
Gobo
Head block
Actual vs. Nominal
20. Plug in wall
Director
Circuit
Company Manager
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
21. The part of the stage closest to the audience
Stage Directions
Technical Director
Overhung
Downstage
22. To use a fire extinguish (acronym)
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Technical Director
Cove
Pit
23. 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
Director
Cyclorama
Rocker
24. Underneath the stage where things are stored (like ERS' or Fresnels and seats)
Master Electrician/Electrician
Gridiron
Trap room
Gussets
25. Lighting instrument whose name refers to the etched or contoured glass lens
Masking
Dimmers
Fresnel
short short - short - center - long - long long
26. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
Company Manager
TPI
Scrim
Source 4 ERS
27. A performance space in which the audience sits in front of the stage and views as if through a picture frame
Masking
Proscenium Stage
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Crossover
28. First rules of safety in theater
Stage Directions
Production Manager
Scenic Director
Look - listen - and learn
29. A hose connection for a fire hose
Vomitorium
Stand pipe
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Fly Space
30. Main wheel at the top of the counterweight arbor system
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Trap room
Overhung
Head block
31. Helps to protect the audience from fires that happen on stage - comes in fast and helps to conceal the fire in one place
Director
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Fire Curtain
Loading Dock
32. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
olor Elevations
Overhung
Technical Director
Ground Plan
33. Designer that usually determines the color of the show
Board of Directors
Milliner
Grand Drape
Scenic Designer
34. 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
Channels
Arena Stage
Board of Directors
Stage Manager
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
Overhung
Fly loft
Cove
Board of Directors
36. Lighting instrument whose name refers to the etched or contoured glass lens
Fresnel
ontinental Seating
Rocker
Sprinkling system
37. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery
Plaster Line
Fresnel
Batten Clamp
Catwalk
38. Painted boards that the scenic designer uses to communicate with the scenic artist
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Cyclorama
Stage Manager
olor Elevations
39. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )
ontinental Seating
Gussets
short short - short - center - long - long long
Channels
40. Steel framework that runs above the stage that is used to support the rigging system
Gridiron
Two Fer
Dimmers
Producer
41. Made up of dimmers - map of plot
Production Manager
Technical Director
Cyclorama
Channels
42. 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
Production Manager
Sprinkling system
Channels
43. Corridor or hallway to make quick passage way from one side to another - behind stage
Pipe weight
Grand Drape
Section View
Crossover
44. Creates a visual home for the play on stage - setting (color)
Scenic Director
Downstage
Scenic Designer
Pipe weight
45. Everything filters through from Artistic Team - knows budget of time - labor - and money; keeps everyone in communication - conductor/diplomat
Borders
Production Manager
Producer
Trap room
46. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts
Elevation
Fly Space
Company Manager
Loading Dock
47. What kind of pipe batten does Zellerbach use/order?
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Producer
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Channels
48. An imaginary line running from the front to the back of the stage through the exact center of the proscenium arch
Center Line
FOH: Front of House
Grand Drape
Perspective Scenery
49. Grainer
Vomitorium
Tormentors
Rocker
Gobo
50. Made up of dimmers - map of plot
Front of House (FOH)
TPI
Ground Plan
Channels