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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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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. A hose connection for a fire hose






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






3. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)






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






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






6. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories






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






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






9. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium






10. A stage area out of sight of the audience






11. 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






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






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






14. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys






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






16. First rules of safety in theater






17. Best friends with Sound Tech in that both work hand in hand - makes everything work (elec) - wires - hangs - plugs & focuses according to Lighting Designer






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






19. 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






20. Set that's on the ground to stand on; painted






21. Final artistic choices go to






22. Fire curtain used to be called this






23. An imaginary line running from the front to the back of the stage through the exact center of the proscenium arch






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






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






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






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






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






29. Any incline of audience or stage.






30. Levels of intensity






31. Everything hands on - the person who figures out how the set will be built and then oversees construction - works closest with Scenic Director






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






33. Made of plastic or vinyl - can project lights and images from front or back of them.






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






35. 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.






36. A curtain that travels up and down inside a guide; fire curtain track






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






44. 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.






45. A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects






46. (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






47. Everything hands on - the person who figures out how the set will be built and then oversees construction - works closest with Scenic Director






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






49. 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






50. Makes shoes