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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. First rules of safety in theater






2. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts






3. Everything filters through from Artistic Team - knows budget of time - labor - and money; keeps everyone in communication - conductor/diplomat






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






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. Metal connectors that holds the fire curtain in the air






7. 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






8. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe






9. 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






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






11. 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






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






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






14. Directions from the actor's point of view






15. Makes shoes






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






17. First rules of safety in theater






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Hanging cloth used as a blind - especially for a window






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






26. The part of the stage closest to the audience






27. 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






28. 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






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






30. Makes shoes






31. Six steps to hang a light (fresnel or ellipsoidals)






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






33. (Seating) entering & exiting at extreme ends; Zellerbach Playhouse is like this






34. Also known as legs - flats or curtains at the extreme right and left of stage






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






36. Levels of intensity






37. Orchestra pit where the band plays






38. Fire curtain used to be called this






39. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium






40. (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






41. The area onstage furthest away from the audience






42. Plug in wall






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






44. 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






45. Two instruments - same circuit






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






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






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






49. Made up of dimmers - map of plot






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