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






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






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






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






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






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






7. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?






8. Levels of intensity






9. 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






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






11. Levels of intensity






12. Final artistic choices go to






13. Plug in wall






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






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






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






17. Made up of dimmers - map of plot






18. Imaginary line from one side of the proscenium opening tot he other - divides apron from the stage floor.






19. A hose connection for a fire hose






20. Directions from the actor's point of view






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






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






23. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe






24. First rules of safety in theater






25. A hose connection for a fire hose






26. Any incline of audience or stage.






27. To use a fire extinguish (acronym)






28. Painted boards that the scenic designer uses to communicate with the scenic artist






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






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






31. Two instruments - same circuit






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






33. Grainer






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






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






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






37. Creates a visual home for the play on stage - setting (color)






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






39. Directions from the actor's point of view






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






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






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






43. Set that's on the ground to stand on; painted






44. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts






45. Stage weights that remain on arbor when there are no scenery or lights attached






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






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






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






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






50. Any incline of audience or stage.