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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.
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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. Imaginary line from one side of the proscenium opening tot he other - divides apron from the stage floor.
Plaster Line
Trump Ploy
Platforms
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
2. What is anything downstage from the plaster line in a proscenium house?
Milliner
FOH: Front of House
Platform
Channels
3. A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies
Black Box
Arena Stage
Catwalk
Drop
4. Pressure
Stand pipe
Look - listen - and learn
Crossover
Voltage
5. 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.
Arena Stage
Cues
Downstage
Vomitorium
6. First rule of any work done in theatre space or shop
Technical Director
SAFETY
ontinental Seating
Fusible links
7. Made of plastic or vinyl - can project lights and images from front or back of them.
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Fresnel
Fresnel
Pipe weight
8. Creates a visual home for the play on stage - setting (color)
Production Manager
Milliner
Scenic Director
Loading Dock
9. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )
olor Elevations
Scrim
Gussets
Master Electrician/Electrician
10. First rule of any work done in theatre space or shop
SAFETY
Fly loft
Stage Manager
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
11. Hanging cloth used as a blind - especially for a window
Artistic Director
Drop
Gridiron
Drapery
12. Levels of intensity
ontinental Seating
Dimmers
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Trap room
13. The side areas of the stage - out of view of the audience; the area where the actors wait for their entrances
Trap room
Wings
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
FOH: Front of House
14. Fire curtain used to be called this
Masking
Center Line
Asbestos
Sprinkling system
15. Six steps to hang a light (fresnel or ellipsoidals)
Offstage
Director
Section View
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
16. Also called the main drape - the grand curtain - or the main rag; the one that has to open for the show to start
Flats
Locking rail
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Grand Drape
17. Front part or area of the stage extending past the main act curtain; also called lip
Platforms
Apron
Plaster Line
Cove
18. A metal cutout that is placed in front of the lens of a lighting instrument to create different shadowed images on stage
Producer
Fusible links
Gobo
Cove
19. The part of the stage closest to the audience
Locking rail
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Downstage
Section View
20. What kind of pipe batten does Zellerbach use/order?
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Drapery
Set Pieces
Black Box
21. Helps to protect the audience from fires that happen on stage - comes in fast and helps to conceal the fire in one place
Fire Curtain
Gel
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Proscenium Stage
22. First rules of safety in theater
Look - listen - and learn
Loading Dock
Proscenium Stage
Overhung
23. Plug in wall
Ground Plan
Borders
Circuit
Front of House (FOH)
24. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
Voltage
Cues
TPI
Cyclorama
25. Final artistic choices go to
Loft Block
Director
Platforms
Gobo
26. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
Actual vs. Nominal
Masking
Voltage
olor Elevations
27. Steel framework that runs above the stage that is used to support the rigging system
Stand pipe
Rocker
Gridiron
Apron
28. The part of the stage closest to the audience
Center Line
Downstage
Fly Space
Vomitorium
29. The area onstage furthest away from the audience
Upstage
Gel
Milliner
Proscenium Stage
30. Underneath the stage where things are stored (like ERS' or Fresnels and seats)
Proscenium Stage
Trap room
Source 4 ERS
Thrust Stage
31. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Fire Curtain
Fly loft
Technical Director
32. A theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides
Dramaturg
Scenic Director
Thrust Stage
Actual vs. Nominal
33. Two instruments - same circuit
Flats
short short - short - center - long - long long
Two Fer
Smoke Pocket
34. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories
Ground Plan
Milliner
Source 4 ERS
Master Electrician/Electrician
35. Fire curtain used to be called this
Scenic Director
Scrim
Asbestos
Sprinkling system
36. Large portables pieces of the stage setting
Cues
Batten Clamp
Elevation
Set Pieces
37. The purchase (hand) line runs through the __________ so it can be secured in place.
Upstage
Locking rail
Scenic Designer
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
38. The side areas of the stage - out of view of the audience; the area where the actors wait for their entrances
Wings
Drapery
Rocker
Vomitorium
39. Pressure
Platform
Pit
Black Box
Voltage
40. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
Trap room
Set Pieces
Overhung
ontinental Seating
41. Designer that usually determines the color of the show
Loading Dock
Scenic Designer
Master Electrician/Electrician
Voltage
42. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
Masking
Actual vs. Nominal
Fly loft
Plaster Line
43. Metal connectors that holds the fire curtain in the air
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Fusible links
Lighting Designer
Grand Drape
44. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music
Voltage
Elevation
Cues
short short - short - center - long - long long
45. Steel framework that runs above the stage that is used to support the rigging system
Borders
Vomitorium
Gridiron
Board of Directors
46. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery
Rocker
Catwalk
Masking
Gel
47. Flat view of area from a direction (north - south - east - west and in between)
Gussets
Channels
Elevation
Look - listen - and learn
48. 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.
Scrim
Vomitorium
Center Line
Flats
49. Connection between pipe batten and lift lines - before trim chain.
Center Line
Crossover
Loft Block
Batten Clamp
50. 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
Proscenium Stage
FOH: Front of House
Scrim
Dramaturg