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Stagecraft Basics
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Study First
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. The person who finds the financial investors - hires the director and production staff - sets the budget - and pays the bills for a theatrical production
Actual vs. Nominal
Producer
Two Fer
Pipe weight
2. Painted set on the ground which the actors stand on
Platform
SAFETY
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Vomitorium
3. A hose connection for a fire hose
Stand pipe
Cues
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Locking rail
4. Six steps to hang a light (fresnel or ellipsoidals)
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Smoke Pocket
TPI
Pipe weight
5. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background
Ground Plan
Grand Drape
Flats
Crossover
6. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery
Arena Stage
Catwalk
Center Line
Director
7. Metal connectors that holds the fire curtain in the air
Downstage
Stage Directions
Fusible links
Apron
8. The side areas of the stage - out of view of the audience; the area where the actors wait for their entrances
Grand Drape
Loading Dock
Director
Wings
9. Made of plastic or vinyl - can project lights and images from front or back of them.
Overhung
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Center Line
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
10. 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.
Gridiron
Technical Director
Scenic Director
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
11. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use
Section View
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Catwalk
Fly Space
12. Main wheel at the top of the counterweight arbor system
Center Line
Fly Space
Head block
Offstage
13. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories
Upstage
Milliner
Elevation
Sprinkling system
14. 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.
Loading Dock
Vomitorium
Lighting Designer
Stage Directions
15. According to what do lighting designers arrange their light plots - allowing them to follow a 'map' of the plot
SAFETY
Scrim
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Channels
16. 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
Scrim
Loft Block
Fire Curtain
Circuit
17. Lighting position: anti-pro - or anti-proscenium
Section View
Cove
Center Line
Board of Directors
18. The area onstage furthest away from the audience
Proscenium Stage
Trump Ploy
Upstage
Drop
19. Pressure
SAFETY
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Voltage
Loading Dock
20. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Fly Space
Trump Ploy
Elevation
21. Steel framework that runs above the stage that is used to support the rigging system
Proscenium Stage
Smoke Pocket
Gridiron
Cove
22. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )
Channels
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Locking rail
Gussets
23. Figures out place - theme of season and has final say
Artistic Director
Master Electrician/Electrician
Producer
Gridiron
24. Painted boards that the scenic designer uses to communicate with the scenic artist
Section View
Gel
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
olor Elevations
25. First rule of any work done in theatre space or shop
short short - short - center - long - long long
SAFETY
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Cues
26. According to what do lighting designers arrange their light plots - allowing them to follow a 'map' of the plot
Platform
Scrim
Sprinkling system
Channels
27. Hanging cloth used as a blind - especially for a window
Drapery
TPI
Set Pieces
Stand pipe
28. A stage area out of sight of the audience
Offstage
Stage Manager
Drapery
Borders
29. 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.
Scrim
Thrust Stage
Catwalk
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
30. A metal cutout that is placed in front of the lens of a lighting instrument to create different shadowed images on stage
Production Manager
Dramaturg
Gobo
Set Pieces
31. Plug in wall
TPI
Stand pipe
Circuit
Drapery
32. Fire curtain used to be called this
Stage Manager
Gridiron
Asbestos
SAFETY
33. To use a fire extinguish (acronym)
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Center Line
Stage Directions
Milliner
34. 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
Cyclorama
Company Manager
Director
Black Box
35. Two instruments - same circuit
Scrim
Ground Plan
Source 4 ERS
Two Fer
36. What is anything downstage from the plaster line in a proscenium house?
Elevation
FOH: Front of House
Offstage
Tormentors
37. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
Ground Plan
Dimmers
Overhung
Fly loft
38. A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects
Gussets
Wings
Dramaturg
Gel
39. Designer that usually determines the color of the show
Elevation
SAFETY
Scenic Director
Scenic Designer
40. Everything filters through from Artistic Team - knows budget of time - labor - and money; keeps everyone in communication - conductor/diplomat
Gridiron
Proscenium Stage
Smoke Pocket
Production Manager
41. Corridor or hallway to make quick passage way from one side to another - behind stage
Crossover
Actual vs. Nominal
Stand pipe
Cues
42. Connection between pipe batten and lift lines - before trim chain.
Section View
Batten Clamp
Rails & Styles
Scenic Director
43. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts
Wings
Downstage
Locking rail
Company Manager
44. A hose connection for a fire hose
Platforms
Stage Manager
Stand pipe
Rails & Styles
45. The part of the stage closest to the audience
Scenic Director
Board of Directors
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Downstage
46. Imaginary line from one side of the proscenium opening tot he other - divides apron from the stage floor.
Plaster Line
Scenic Designer
Black Box
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
47. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery
Overhung
Rocker
Catwalk
Trump Ploy
48. First rules of safety in theater
Batten Clamp
Elevation
Look - listen - and learn
Stage Directions
49. 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
Crossover
Dramaturg
Downstage
Tormentors
50. Steel framework that runs above the stage that is used to support the rigging system
Cues
Perspective Scenery
Perspective Scenery
Gridiron