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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. Pressure






2. Grainer






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






4. Any incline of audience or stage.






5. Designer that usually determines the color of the show






6. Hanging cloth used as a blind - especially for a window






7. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background






8. Large portables pieces of the stage setting






9. Orchestra pit where the band plays






10. 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






11. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show






12. 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






13. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show






14. 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






15. 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






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






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






18. (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






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. Grainer






24. A curtain or drop made of gauze-like fabric; when lighted from the front - it is opaque - but is transparent if lighted from the back; a firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater






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






26. Figures out place - theme of season and has final say






27. Any incline of audience or stage.






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






29. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?






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






31. Designer that usually determines the color of the show






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






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






34. Imaginary line from one side of the proscenium opening tot he other - divides apron from the stage floor.






35. To use a fire extinguish (acronym)






36. A theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides






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






38. Creates a visual home for the play on stage - setting (color)






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






40. Plug in wall






41. Stage weights that remain on arbor when there are no scenery or lights attached






42. (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






43. Directions from the actor's point of view






44. Also known as legs - flats or curtains at the extreme right and left of stage






45. Painted set on the ground which the actors stand on






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






47. Fire curtain used to be called this






48. What kind of pipe batten does Zellerbach use/order?






49. Makes shoes






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