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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. Everything hands on - the person who figures out how the set will be built and then oversees construction - works closest with Scenic Director






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






3. (Framing) - Rails (shorter) always caps a style (long)






4. A hose connection for a fire hose






5. Large portables pieces of the stage setting






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






7. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe






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






14. A stage area out of sight of the audience






15. The area onstage furthest away from the audience






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






17. Figures out place - theme of season and has final say






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






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






20. Also called the main drape - the grand curtain - or the main rag; the one that has to open for the show to start






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






22. (Framing) - Rails (shorter) always caps a style (long)






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.






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






25. 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






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






27. 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






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






29. Fire curtain used to be called this






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






31. 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






32. First rules of safety in theater






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






39. 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






40. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background






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






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






43. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background






44. Directions from the actor's point of view






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






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






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






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






49. Corridor or hallway to make quick passage way from one side to another - behind stage






50. 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