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






2. 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






3. Designer that usually determines the color of the show






4. Levels of intensity






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






6. Final artistic choices go to






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






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






9. (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






10. The area onstage furthest away from the audience






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






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






13. 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






14. 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






15. Flat view - floor plan of the stage and set (used to scale) - view of area if room came off






16. 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.






17. Fire curtain used to be called this






18. Large portables pieces of the stage setting






19. Two instruments - same circuit






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






21. (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






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






23. Flat view - floor plan of the stage and set (used to scale) - view of area if room came off






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






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






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






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






28. Large portables pieces of the stage setting






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






30. 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






31. The area onstage furthest away from the audience






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






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






34. The part of the stage closest to the audience






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






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






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






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






39. Lighting position: anti-pro - or anti-proscenium






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






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






42. 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






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






44. 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






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






46. Levels of intensity






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






48. Best friends with Sound Tech in that both work hand in hand - makes everything work (elec) - wires - hangs - plugs & focuses according to Lighting Designer






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






50. Fire curtain used to be called this