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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. 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
Rails & Styles
Sprinkling system
ontinental Seating
Loft Block
2. Most effective device for controlling a fire in the theatre - or any building
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
ontinental Seating
Grand Drape
Sprinkling system
3. First rule of any work done in theatre space or shop
Master Electrician/Electrician
SAFETY
Voltage
Company Manager
4. A curtain that travels up and down inside a guide; fire curtain track
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Plaster Line
Master Electrician/Electrician
Smoke Pocket
5. Set that's on the ground to stand on; painted
Fire Curtain
Tormentors
Platforms
Flats
6. Set that's on the ground to stand on; painted
Cove
Platforms
SAFETY
Two Fer
7. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
Drop
Front of House (FOH)
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Drapery
8. Steel framework that runs above the stage that is used to support the rigging system
Crossover
Gridiron
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Milliner
9. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts
Company Manager
Masking
Apron
Fly Space
10. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys
Gussets
Rake
Fly loft
Crossover
11. Made up of dimmers - map of plot
Flats
Channels
Gussets
Scenic Director
12. Creates a visual home for the play on stage - setting (color)
Scenic Director
Elevation
Section View
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
13. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
Upstage
olor Elevations
Front of House (FOH)
Director
14. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
Stand pipe
Downstage
Masking
Director
15. A hose connection for a fire hose
Stand pipe
Perspective Scenery
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Smoke Pocket
16. Orchestra pit where the band plays
Arena Stage
Stage Manager
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Pit
17. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
Overhung
Head block
TPI
Producer
18. Imaginary line from one side of the proscenium opening tot he other - divides apron from the stage floor.
Fly Space
Production Manager
Fusible links
Plaster Line
19. Everything filters through from Artistic Team - knows budget of time - labor - and money; keeps everyone in communication - conductor/diplomat
Trump Ploy
Masking
Front of House (FOH)
Production Manager
20. Lighting position: anti-pro - or anti-proscenium
Cove
Catwalk
Source 4 ERS
Gel
21. The person who finds the financial investors - hires the director and production staff - sets the budget - and pays the bills for a theatrical production
Sprinkling system
Dimmers
Pipe weight
Producer
22. Made of plastic or vinyl - can project lights and images from front or back of them.
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Borders
Elevation
Lighting Designer
23. The side areas of the stage - out of view of the audience; the area where the actors wait for their entrances
Smoke Pocket
Tormentors
Center Line
Wings
24. A stage area out of sight of the audience
Tormentors
Scenic Director
Offstage
Trap room
25. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use
Scrim
Fly Space
olor Elevations
Dramaturg
26. Best friends with Sound Tech in that both work hand in hand - makes everything work (elec) - wires - hangs - plugs & focuses according to Lighting Designer
Pit
Stage Directions
Master Electrician/Electrician
Locking rail
27. 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
Center Line
Ground Plan
Proscenium Stage
Stage Manager
28. 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
Wings
Borders
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Dimmers
29. Flat view - floor plan of the stage and set (used to scale) - view of area if room came off
Rails & Styles
Wings
Ground Plan
Grand Drape
30. 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.
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Rails & Styles
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Drop
31. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
Thrust Stage
Borders
Front of House (FOH)
Center Line
32. Six steps to hang a light (fresnel or ellipsoidals)
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Fresnel
Lighting Designer
Scenic Director
33. Main wheel at the top of the counterweight arbor system
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Wings
Head block
Batten Clamp
34. A metal cutout that is placed in front of the lens of a lighting instrument to create different shadowed images on stage
Proscenium Stage
Trap room
Circuit
Gobo
35. A platform where pig irons are loaded onto or off of arbors
Head block
Tormentors
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Loading Dock
36. A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies
Masking
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Drop
Black Box
37. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
Director
Tormentors
Scenic Designer
Overhung
38. 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
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Circuit
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
39. Final artistic choices go to
Scrim
Fresnel
Director
Milliner
40. Connection between pipe batten and lift lines - before trim chain.
Flats
Stage Manager
Cove
Batten Clamp
41. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Scrim
Catwalk
Actual vs. Nominal
42. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
Arena Stage
Overhung
Milliner
FOH: Front of House
43. (Seating) entering & exiting at extreme ends; Zellerbach Playhouse is like this
ontinental Seating
Overhung
Catwalk
Cues
44. (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
Proscenium Stage
Scrim
Actual vs. Nominal
Board of Directors
45. Large portables pieces of the stage setting
Locking rail
Source 4 ERS
Set Pieces
Wings
46. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
Smoke Pocket
Lighting Designer
TPI
Cyclorama
47. 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
Fresnel
Loading Dock
Board of Directors
Stage Manager
48. Orchestra pit where the band plays
Asbestos
Pit
Grand Drape
Stage Manager
49. Scenic term - deceiving the eye: from far away looks real but close it's just tricky talent
Master Electrician/Electrician
Dimmers
Fly loft
Trump Ploy
50. A performance space in which the audience sits all around the stage; sometimes called in-the-round
Arena Stage
Catwalk
Channels
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines