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Stagecraft Basics
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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. First rule of any work done in theatre space or shop
Arena Stage
Scenic Director
ontinental Seating
SAFETY
2. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
Trap room
Plaster Line
Loft Block
TPI
3. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background
Offstage
Gridiron
Flats
Fresnel
4. Made up of dimmers - map of plot
Masking
Channels
Cues
Fly loft
5. 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
Platforms
Grand Drape
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Lighting Designer
6. A system of rigging and ropes that is used to raise and lower scenery within on stage - operated by hand or mechanically from backstage.
olor Elevations
Wings
Scrim
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
7. First rules of safety in theater
Look - listen - and learn
Gel
Drapery
Cyclorama
8. The part of the stage closest to the audience
Downstage
TPI
Proscenium Stage
olor Elevations
9. According to what do lighting designers arrange their light plots - allowing them to follow a 'map' of the plot
Channels
Actual vs. Nominal
Drapery
Borders
10. Also known as legs - flats or curtains at the extreme right and left of stage
Cove
Board of Directors
Tormentors
Channels
11. Fire curtain used to be called this
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Asbestos
Front of House (FOH)
Gel
12. According to what do lighting designers arrange their light plots - allowing them to follow a 'map' of the plot
Pipe weight
Flats
Thrust Stage
Channels
13. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use
Downstage
Fly Space
Section View
Scenic Designer
14. 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
Thrust Stage
FOH: Front of House
Cyclorama
Catwalk
15. Final artistic choices go to
Rocker
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Fly loft
Director
16. Main wheel at the top of the counterweight arbor system
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Gel
Sprinkling system
Head block
17. Hanging cloth used as a blind - especially for a window
Look - listen - and learn
Drapery
Stage Directions
Fire Curtain
18. Also called the main drape - the grand curtain - or the main rag; the one that has to open for the show to start
Center Line
Section View
Grand Drape
Cyclorama
19. A theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides
Thrust Stage
Drapery
Rails & Styles
Section View
20. Creates a visual home for the play on stage - setting (color)
Scenic Director
Drapery
Scrim
Crossover
21. Large portables pieces of the stage setting
Set Pieces
Company Manager
Ground Plan
Fusible links
22. (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
Downstage
Scenic Director
Actual vs. Nominal
Dramaturg
23. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories
Milliner
Rocker
Lighting Designer
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
24. Most effective device for controlling a fire in the theatre - or any building
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Actual vs. Nominal
Wings
Sprinkling system
25. Two instruments - same circuit
Two Fer
Plaster Line
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Catwalk
26. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background
Loading Dock
Cues
Flats
Proscenium Stage
27. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use
Fly loft
Fly loft
Wings
Fly Space
28. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery
Lighting Designer
Fly loft
Catwalk
Black Box
29. A theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Platform
Thrust Stage
Technical Director
30. The part of the stage closest to the audience
Pit
Masking
Downstage
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
31. Orchestra pit where the band plays
Fly Space
Gobo
Pit
Stage Directions
32. 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
Gussets
Flats
Dramaturg
Rake
33. Metal connectors that holds the fire curtain in the air
Technical Director
Fusible links
Overhung
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
34. The purchase (hand) line runs through the __________ so it can be secured in place.
Locking rail
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Board of Directors
Ground Plan
35. Corridor or hallway to make quick passage way from one side to another - behind stage
Crossover
Milliner
Rails & Styles
Production Manager
36. Underneath the stage where things are stored (like ERS' or Fresnels and seats)
Trap room
Fresnel
Ground Plan
Front of House (FOH)
37. Large portables pieces of the stage setting
Masking
Scrim
Smoke Pocket
Set Pieces
38. Directions from the actor's point of view
Stage Manager
Stage Directions
Company Manager
Rake
39. Set that's on the ground to stand on; painted
Platforms
Fusible links
Master Electrician/Electrician
Stage Directions
40. Levels of intensity
Set Pieces
Director
Batten Clamp
Dimmers
41. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
SAFETY
Director
Masking
Fire Curtain
42. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
Front of House (FOH)
Scenic Director
Batten Clamp
Loft Block
43. Set that's on the ground to stand on; painted
Platforms
Milliner
Apron
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
44. A curtain that travels up and down inside a guide; fire curtain track
Smoke Pocket
Front of House (FOH)
ontinental Seating
Fly Space
45. Creates a visual home for the play on stage - setting (color)
Wings
Plaster Line
Scenic Director
Gel
46. Painted set on the ground which the actors stand on
Sprinkling system
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Apron
Platform
47. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
Cyclorama
Overhung
Gel
Producer
48. A hose connection for a fire hose
Wings
Production Manager
Stand pipe
Cues
49. 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
Gel
Platform
Ground Plan
Stage Manager
50. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
TPI
Loft Block
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Locking rail