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Stagecraft Basics

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects






2. 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.






3. Large portables pieces of the stage setting






4. Front part or area of the stage extending past the main act curtain; also called lip






5. 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






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






7. The person in charge backstage; he or she helps the director during rehearsals and then takes charge backstage when the play is performed - also has to deal with performer's behavior






8. Levels of intensity






9. The part of the stage closest to the audience






10. Makes shoes






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






12. A platform where pig irons are loaded onto or off of arbors






13. 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






14. The side areas of the stage - out of view of the audience; the area where the actors wait for their entrances






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






16. The area onstage furthest away from the audience






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






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






19. Orchestra pit where the band plays






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






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






22. A stage area out of sight of the audience






23. A platform where pig irons are loaded onto or off of arbors






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






25. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts






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






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






28. Pressure






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






30. Flat view of area if cut or sliced - like a dissection and see inner workings of multiple levels






31. Scenic term - deceiving the eye: from far away looks real but close it's just tricky talent






32. First rules of safety in theater






33. In the theatre - the person who decides where the lighting instruments should go - how they should be colored - and which ones should be on at any particular time






34. Any incline of audience or stage.






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






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






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






38. Grainer






39. A performance space in which the audience sits in front of the stage and views as if through a picture frame






40. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use






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






42. Flat view of area from a direction (north - south - east - west and in between)






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






44. In the theatre - the person who decides where the lighting instruments should go - how they should be colored - and which ones should be on at any particular time






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






46. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?






47. 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






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






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






50. Steel framework that runs above the stage that is used to support the rigging system