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Stagecraft Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. The purchase (hand) line runs through the __________ so it can be secured in place.






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






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






5. Any incline of audience or stage.






6. Designer that usually determines the color of the show






7. A passage situated below or behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre - through which crowds can 'spew out' at the end of a performance.






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






9. Metal connectors that holds the fire curtain in the air






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






11. Final artistic choices go to






12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






22. Plug in wall






23. 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






24. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe






25. Made of plastic or vinyl - can project lights and images from front or back of them.






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






27. A performance space in which the audience sits in front of the stage and views as if through a picture frame






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






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






30. Levels of intensity






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






32. First rules of safety in theater






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






34. Directions from the actor's point of view






35. Hanging cloth used as a blind - especially for a window






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






37. Fire curtain used to be called this






38. 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






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






40. Orchestra pit where the band plays






41. Hanging cloth used as a blind - especially for a window






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






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. Scenic term - deceiving the eye: from far away looks real but close it's just tricky talent






45. 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.






46. Two instruments - same circuit






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






48. (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






49. To use a fire extinguish (acronym)






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