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Stagecraft Basics
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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. Best friends with Sound Tech in that both work hand in hand - makes everything work (elec) - wires - hangs - plugs & focuses according to Lighting Designer
Head block
Master Electrician/Electrician
Board of Directors
Scrim
2. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background
Artistic Director
Gussets
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Flats
3. Made of plastic or vinyl - can project lights and images from front or back of them.
Channels
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Director
Drop
4. Plug in wall
Proscenium Stage
Circuit
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Fresnel
5. 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
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Pipe weight
Thrust Stage
Board of Directors
6. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe
Plaster Line
Artistic Director
Rake
short short - short - center - long - long long
7. Most effective device for controlling a fire in the theatre - or any building
Sprinkling system
ontinental Seating
Company Manager
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
8. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background
Fly Space
Flats
Gel
Fly loft
9. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )
Gussets
Fusible links
Gel
Vomitorium
10. To use a fire extinguish (acronym)
SAFETY
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Stand pipe
Ground Plan
11. Made of plastic or vinyl - can project lights and images from front or back of them.
Trap room
Grand Drape
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Company Manager
12. First rules of safety in theater
Dimmers
Milliner
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Look - listen - and learn
13. 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
Borders
Overhung
TPI
Catwalk
14. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories
Board of Directors
Pit
Channels
Milliner
15. Everything filters through from Artistic Team - knows budget of time - labor - and money; keeps everyone in communication - conductor/diplomat
Stand pipe
olor Elevations
olor Elevations
Production Manager
16. Lighting position: anti-pro - or anti-proscenium
Cove
Master Electrician/Electrician
Fly loft
Downstage
17. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
Voltage
Proscenium Stage
TPI
Center Line
18. Connection between pipe batten and lift lines - before trim chain.
Wings
Batten Clamp
Fly loft
Loading Dock
19. 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
Catwalk
Board of Directors
Black Box
Milliner
20. Most commonly used lighting instrument in the theatre that we focused
Stage Manager
Source 4 ERS
Channels
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
21. The person who finds the financial investors - hires the director and production staff - sets the budget - and pays the bills for a theatrical production
Ground Plan
Platforms
Section View
Producer
22. A hose connection for a fire hose
Loading Dock
Stand pipe
Offstage
Technical Director
23. Best friends with Sound Tech in that both work hand in hand - makes everything work (elec) - wires - hangs - plugs & focuses according to Lighting Designer
ontinental Seating
Thrust Stage
Milliner
Master Electrician/Electrician
24. A platform where pig irons are loaded onto or off of arbors
Loading Dock
Fresnel
Technical Director
Drop
25. Imaginary line from one side of the proscenium opening tot he other - divides apron from the stage floor.
Circuit
Asbestos
SAFETY
Plaster Line
26. A stage area out of sight of the audience
Milliner
Loading Dock
Stage Directions
Offstage
27. Imaginary line from one side of the proscenium opening tot he other - divides apron from the stage floor.
Plaster Line
Scenic Director
Fire Curtain
Fusible links
28. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music
Cues
Rails & Styles
Gobo
Dramaturg
29. A theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides
Catwalk
Thrust Stage
Fusible links
Batten Clamp
30. Large portables pieces of the stage setting
ontinental Seating
Wings
Two Fer
Set Pieces
31. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
Circuit
Dimmers
Rake
TPI
32. A hose connection for a fire hose
Stand pipe
Master Electrician/Electrician
Gel
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
33. Stage weights that remain on arbor when there are no scenery or lights attached
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Stage Manager
Voltage
Pipe weight
34. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
Masking
FOH: Front of House
Plaster Line
Crossover
35. A platform where pig irons are loaded onto or off of arbors
Lighting Designer
Gussets
Loading Dock
Scrim
36. 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
Trump Ploy
Cove
Black Box
Borders
37. Corridor or hallway to make quick passage way from one side to another - behind stage
Vomitorium
Offstage
Section View
Crossover
38. Also known as legs - flats or curtains at the extreme right and left of stage
Tormentors
Smoke Pocket
Pipe weight
Gel
39. A curtain or drop made of gauze-like fabric; when lighted from the front - it is opaque - but is transparent if lighted from the back; a firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater
Scrim
Masking
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Platform
40. Makes shoes
Head block
Scrim
Wings
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
41. Front part or area of the stage extending past the main act curtain; also called lip
Plaster Line
Source 4 ERS
Apron
TPI
42. (Framing) - Rails (shorter) always caps a style (long)
Crossover
Proscenium Stage
Rails & Styles
short short - short - center - long - long long
43. The part of the stage closest to the audience
Trap room
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Downstage
Scenic Designer
44. 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
Overhung
short short - short - center - long - long long
Dramaturg
45. A curtain that travels up and down inside a guide; fire curtain track
Catwalk
Smoke Pocket
Plaster Line
Fly loft
46. Front part or area of the stage extending past the main act curtain; also called lip
Batten Clamp
Front of House (FOH)
Apron
Fly loft
47. 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
Perspective Scenery
Cyclorama
Set Pieces
Offstage
48. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
ontinental Seating
Overhung
Rails & Styles
Front of House (FOH)
49. A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects
Gel
Stage Manager
Downstage
Fly Space
50. Flat view of area if cut or sliced - like a dissection and see inner workings of multiple levels
Front of House (FOH)
Actual vs. Nominal
Section View
Perspective Scenery