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Stagecraft Basics

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium






2. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe






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






4. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe






5. Helps to protect the audience from fires that happen on stage - comes in fast and helps to conceal the fire in one place






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






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






8. Everything filters through from Artistic Team - knows budget of time - labor - and money; keeps everyone in communication - conductor/diplomat






9. A platform where pig irons are loaded onto or off of arbors






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






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






12. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?






13. A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects






14. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement






15. Pressure






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






17. The area onstage furthest away from the audience






18. 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






19. Plug in wall






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






21. To use a fire extinguish (acronym)






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. A stage area out of sight of the audience






28. 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






29. Levels of intensity






30. A stage area out of sight of the audience






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






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






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






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






35. Orchestra pit where the band plays






36. An imaginary line running from the front to the back of the stage through the exact center of the proscenium arch






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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use






43. Grainer






44. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium






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






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






47. Made up of dimmers - map of plot






48. 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






49. 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






50. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen