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Stagecraft Basics

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?






2. Designer that usually determines the color of the show






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






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






5. Most effective device for controlling a fire in the theatre - or any building






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






7. 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






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






9. Fire curtain used to be called this






10. 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.






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






12. Any incline of audience or stage.






13. First rule of any work done in theatre space or shop






14. Pressure






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






16. Large portables pieces of the stage setting






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






18. 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






19. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music






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






21. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts






22. To use a fire extinguish (acronym)






23. The area onstage furthest away from the audience






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






25. 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






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






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






28. 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






29. 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






30. Directions from the actor's point of view






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






50. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music