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Stagecraft Basics
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Study First
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. What is anything downstage from the plaster line in a proscenium house?
Scrim
FOH: Front of House
Pit
Platforms
2. A stage area out of sight of the audience
Crossover
Locking rail
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Offstage
3. Stage weights that remain on arbor when there are no scenery or lights attached
Rake
Pit
Drapery
Pipe weight
4. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
Artistic Director
Drapery
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Masking
5. Metal connectors that holds the fire curtain in the air
Gussets
ontinental Seating
Fusible links
Center Line
6. 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
Black Box
Producer
Grand Drape
Scenic Director
7. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
TPI
Black Box
Director
Catwalk
8. Most effective device for controlling a fire in the theatre - or any building
Platforms
Artistic Director
Plaster Line
Sprinkling system
9. Flat view of area if cut or sliced - like a dissection and see inner workings of multiple levels
Fusible links
Channels
Fire Curtain
Section View
10. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Front of House (FOH)
Platform
Master Electrician/Electrician
11. (Framing) - Rails (shorter) always caps a style (long)
Channels
Director
Borders
Rails & Styles
12. Made up of dimmers - map of plot
Channels
Loading Dock
Loading Dock
Milliner
13. A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects
Asbestos
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Gel
Artistic Director
14. Scenic term - deceiving the eye: from far away looks real but close it's just tricky talent
Dramaturg
Trump Ploy
Platforms
Downstage
15. The area onstage furthest away from the audience
Upstage
Tormentors
TPI
Section View
16. Stage weights that remain on arbor when there are no scenery or lights attached
Company Manager
Pipe weight
short short - short - center - long - long long
Board of Directors
17. Imaginary line from one side of the proscenium opening tot he other - divides apron from the stage floor.
Ground Plan
Set Pieces
Plaster Line
Dramaturg
18. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories
Loft Block
Tormentors
Milliner
Masking
19. Underneath the stage where things are stored (like ERS' or Fresnels and seats)
Trap room
Overhung
Ground Plan
Master Electrician/Electrician
20. Designer that usually determines the color of the show
Scenic Designer
FOH: Front of House
Board of Directors
ontinental Seating
21. A performance space in which the audience sits in front of the stage and views as if through a picture frame
Black Box
Gridiron
Proscenium Stage
Gobo
22. A platform where pig irons are loaded onto or off of arbors
Fire Curtain
Loading Dock
Gobo
Front of House (FOH)
23. A system of rigging and ropes that is used to raise and lower scenery within on stage - operated by hand or mechanically from backstage.
Circuit
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Trump Ploy
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
24. Painted boards that the scenic designer uses to communicate with the scenic artist
Scrim
Upstage
olor Elevations
Look - listen - and learn
25. Most commonly used lighting instrument in the theatre that we focused
Thrust Stage
Source 4 ERS
Scenic Designer
Fire Curtain
26. Front part or area of the stage extending past the main act curtain; also called lip
Loading Dock
Apron
Platform
SAFETY
27. Two instruments - same circuit
SAFETY
Sprinkling system
Rails & Styles
Two Fer
28. A curtain that travels up and down inside a guide; fire curtain track
Smoke Pocket
Proscenium Stage
FOH: Front of House
Drop
29. Hanging cloth used as a blind - especially for a window
Drapery
Scenic Director
Source 4 ERS
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
30. Made up of dimmers - map of plot
Platform
Channels
Flats
olor Elevations
31. First rules of safety in theater
Black Box
Borders
Scenic Designer
Look - listen - and learn
32. Orchestra pit where the band plays
Pit
Elevation
Company Manager
Rake
33. Lighting position: anti-pro - or anti-proscenium
TPI
Artistic Director
Master Electrician/Electrician
Cove
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
Sprinkling system
Thrust Stage
Drapery
Cyclorama
35. 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
Loft Block
Wings
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Trump Ploy
36. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use
Source 4 ERS
ontinental Seating
Masking
Fly Space
37. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts
Rocker
Company Manager
Artistic Director
Cove
38. Plug in wall
Proscenium Stage
short short - short - center - long - long long
Circuit
Loading Dock
39. Six steps to hang a light (fresnel or ellipsoidals)
Voltage
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Batten Clamp
40. 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
Cove
Board of Directors
Director
Trap room
41. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys
Cyclorama
Black Box
Fly loft
Perspective Scenery
42. Large portables pieces of the stage setting
Actual vs. Nominal
Platform
Stage Manager
Set Pieces
43. Flat view of area from a direction (north - south - east - west and in between)
Wings
Stage Manager
Scenic Director
Elevation
44. A curtain that travels up and down inside a guide; fire curtain track
Gel
Channels
Smoke Pocket
Masking
45. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background
Flats
Trap room
Wings
Cues
46. A performance space in which the audience sits all around the stage; sometimes called in-the-round
Elevation
Arena Stage
Master Electrician/Electrician
Downstage
47. Pressure
Scenic Designer
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Milliner
Voltage
48. Any incline of audience or stage.
Rake
Locking rail
Voltage
Stand pipe
49. Helps to protect the audience from fires that happen on stage - comes in fast and helps to conceal the fire in one place
Proscenium Stage
Fire Curtain
Cues
Two Fer
50. Fire curtain used to be called this
Flats
Head block
Asbestos
Catwalk