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Stagecraft Basics

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. An imaginary line running from the front to the back of the stage through the exact center of the proscenium arch






2. A stage area out of sight of the audience






3. Also called the main drape - the grand curtain - or the main rag; the one that has to open for the show to start






4. A platform where pig irons are loaded onto or off of arbors






5. A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies






6. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery






7. Most effective device for controlling a fire in the theatre - or any building






8. A system of rigging and ropes that is used to raise and lower scenery within on stage - operated by hand or mechanically from backstage.






9. Plug in wall






10. The person who finds the financial investors - hires the director and production staff - sets the budget - and pays the bills for a theatrical production






11. Main wheel at the top of the counterweight arbor system






12. A metal cutout that is placed in front of the lens of a lighting instrument to create different shadowed images on stage






13. Most commonly used lighting instrument in the theatre that we focused






14. What is anything downstage from the plaster line in a proscenium house?






15. Levels of intensity






16. 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






17. Most commonly used lighting instrument in the theatre that we focused






18. (Framing) - Rails (shorter) always caps a style (long)






19. Levels of intensity






20. The side areas of the stage - out of view of the audience; the area where the actors wait for their entrances






21. Underneath the stage where things are stored (like ERS' or Fresnels and seats)






22. Front part or area of the stage extending past the main act curtain; also called lip






23. Everything filters through from Artistic Team - knows budget of time - labor - and money; keeps everyone in communication - conductor/diplomat






24. Scenery that represents three-dimensional space on a flat surface






25. Large portables pieces of the stage setting






26. Metal connectors that holds the fire curtain in the air






27. A performance space in which the audience sits in front of the stage and views as if through a picture frame






28. To use a fire extinguish (acronym)






29. Lighting position: anti-pro - or anti-proscenium






30. (Seating) entering & exiting at extreme ends; Zellerbach Playhouse is like this






31. Painted boards that the scenic designer uses to communicate with the scenic artist






32. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen






33. Makes shoes






34. Fire curtain used to be called this






35. According to what do lighting designers arrange their light plots - allowing them to follow a 'map' of the plot






36. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music






37. 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.






38. Designer that usually determines the color of the show






39. Corridor or hallway to make quick passage way from one side to another - behind stage






40. 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.






41. Flat view of area if cut or sliced - like a dissection and see inner workings of multiple levels






42. A platform where pig irons are loaded onto or off of arbors






43. Flat view - floor plan of the stage and set (used to scale) - view of area if room came off






44. Helps to protect the audience from fires that happen on stage - comes in fast and helps to conceal the fire in one place






45. Steel framework that runs above the stage that is used to support the rigging system






46. Lighting instrument whose name refers to the etched or contoured glass lens






47. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement






48. A performance space in which the audience sits all around the stage; sometimes called in-the-round






49. (Seating) entering & exiting at extreme ends; Zellerbach Playhouse is like this






50. 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.