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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. First rules of safety in theater






2. To use a fire extinguish (acronym)






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






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






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






6. First rules of safety in theater






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Pressure






17. Made up of dimmers - map of plot






18. 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






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






20. To use a fire extinguish (acronym)






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






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






23. 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






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






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






26. Plug in wall






27. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement






28. 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






29. Connection between pipe batten and lift lines - before trim chain.






30. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )






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






32. The area onstage furthest away from the audience






33. Connection between pipe batten and lift lines - before trim chain.






34. Directions from the actor's point of view






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. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement






37. Grainer






38. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )






39. First rule of any work done in theatre space or shop






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. Any incline of audience or stage.






45. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery






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






47. The purchase (hand) line runs through the __________ so it can be secured in place.






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






49. What is anything downstage from the plaster line in a proscenium house?






50. Makes shoes