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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. Underneath the stage where things are stored (like ERS' or Fresnels and seats)
Scenic Director
Loft Block
Director
Trap room
2. The part of the stage closest to the audience
Platforms
Director
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Downstage
3. Imaginary line from one side of the proscenium opening tot he other - divides apron from the stage floor.
Dramaturg
Gridiron
Batten Clamp
Plaster Line
4. Made up of dimmers - map of plot
Channels
Rails & Styles
Overhung
Set Pieces
5. A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects
Sprinkling system
Gel
Asbestos
Thrust Stage
6. 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
Borders
Milliner
Section View
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
7. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
FOH: Front of House
Overhung
Flats
Borders
8. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
Drapery
Front of House (FOH)
Gobo
FOH: Front of House
9. First rules of safety in theater
Look - listen - and learn
Fly loft
Center Line
Head block
10. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
Gobo
Scenic Designer
Masking
FOH: Front of House
11. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories
Crossover
Producer
Offstage
Milliner
12. Helps to protect the audience from fires that happen on stage - comes in fast and helps to conceal the fire in one place
TPI
Rails & Styles
olor Elevations
Fire Curtain
13. Stage weights that remain on arbor when there are no scenery or lights attached
Thrust Stage
Director
Pipe weight
Channels
14. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use
Fly Space
Lighting Designer
Locking rail
Grand Drape
15. Lighting instrument whose name refers to the etched or contoured glass lens
Ground Plan
Look - listen - and learn
Cyclorama
Fresnel
16. The side areas of the stage - out of view of the audience; the area where the actors wait for their entrances
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Wings
Section View
Apron
17. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys
Platform
Fly loft
Plaster Line
short short - short - center - long - long long
18. Directions from the actor's point of view
Masking
Stage Directions
Grand Drape
Perspective Scenery
19. Lighting instrument whose name refers to the etched or contoured glass lens
Fresnel
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Platform
Stage Manager
20. Six steps to hang a light (fresnel or ellipsoidals)
Batten Clamp
Arena Stage
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
21. Steel framework that runs above the stage that is used to support the rigging system
Gridiron
Fresnel
Dramaturg
Trump Ploy
22. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
Milliner
Front of House (FOH)
Channels
Head block
23. 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.
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Fusible links
Cues
Thrust Stage
24. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
Fresnel
Director
Overhung
Cove
25. A system of rigging and ropes that is used to raise and lower scenery within on stage - operated by hand or mechanically from backstage.
Crossover
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Director
Asbestos
26. A performance space in which the audience sits all around the stage; sometimes called in-the-round
Drop
Arena Stage
Apron
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
27. The person who finds the financial investors - hires the director and production staff - sets the budget - and pays the bills for a theatrical production
Head block
Producer
Smoke Pocket
Downstage
28. Painted boards that the scenic designer uses to communicate with the scenic artist
olor Elevations
Drapery
Catwalk
Gel
29. The person who finds the financial investors - hires the director and production staff - sets the budget - and pays the bills for a theatrical production
Cove
Producer
Apron
Two Fer
30. Everything hands on - the person who figures out how the set will be built and then oversees construction - works closest with Scenic Director
Head block
Technical Director
Circuit
Lighting Designer
31. 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.
Downstage
Board of Directors
Fresnel
Vomitorium
32. According to what do lighting designers arrange their light plots - allowing them to follow a 'map' of the plot
Channels
Grand Drape
Drapery
Cyclorama
33. Also known as legs - flats or curtains at the extreme right and left of stage
Production Manager
Tormentors
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Flats
34. Scenery that represents three-dimensional space on a flat surface
Fusible links
Perspective Scenery
Stage Manager
Artistic Director
35. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories
Cues
Milliner
Technical Director
SAFETY
36. Plug in wall
Scenic Designer
Circuit
Actual vs. Nominal
Vomitorium
37. Everything filters through from Artistic Team - knows budget of time - labor - and money; keeps everyone in communication - conductor/diplomat
Vomitorium
Production Manager
Scenic Designer
Plaster Line
38. Fire curtain used to be called this
Dramaturg
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Asbestos
Black Box
39. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts
Catwalk
Perspective Scenery
Scenic Director
Company Manager
40. Any arangment of cloth or other material that curves around the rear of the stage and partiall down the sides usually neutral in color it is often lighted to represent the sky or used as a projection surface
FOH: Front of House
Section View
Fly Space
Cyclorama
41. Pressure
Front of House (FOH)
Scenic Director
Cove
Voltage
42. (Seating) entering & exiting at extreme ends; Zellerbach Playhouse is like this
Batten Clamp
Channels
Fresnel
ontinental Seating
43. Made up of dimmers - map of plot
Rails & Styles
Grand Drape
Channels
Proscenium Stage
44. 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
Asbestos
Vomitorium
Dimmers
45. 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
Master Electrician/Electrician
Smoke Pocket
Lighting Designer
46. A platform where pig irons are loaded onto or off of arbors
Loading Dock
Ground Plan
Drapery
TPI
47. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe
Circuit
Locking rail
short short - short - center - long - long long
Flats
48. Best friends with Sound Tech in that both work hand in hand - makes everything work (elec) - wires - hangs - plugs & focuses according to Lighting Designer
Source 4 ERS
Trump Ploy
Black Box
Master Electrician/Electrician
49. A hose connection for a fire hose
Platforms
Stand pipe
Ground Plan
Director
50. First rule of any work done in theatre space or shop
Fresnel
SAFETY
Loft Block
Director