8/25/17 Test

Question 1

Proscenium theater

Answer 1

Large arch opening
Stage separated from audience
Most formal and least intimate
Curtains

Question 2

Thrust proscenium theatre

Answer 2

The stage has an outcropping that is surrounded by seats
Allows 3/4 views of actors
Greater sense of intimacy

Question 3

Arena Theatre

Answer 3

Also known as theatre in the round
The seating surrounds the stage
Action can be seen from all angles
Does not use walls or elaborate seating

Question 4

Drafted plan view

Answer 4

The best way to see what each type of theatre offers
Most important are floor plan and section plan
Drawn to specific scales

Question 5

Most common scales

Answer 5

1/4”=1’

1/2”=1’

Question 6

Floor plan

Answer 6

View of the theatre as if you were looking directly down at the floor of a theatre from above

Question 7

Section view

Answer 7

View of the theatre as if you split the theatre in half and are looking at it from the side.
Symmetrical only needs one
Asymmetrical requires one for each half

Question 8

What is shown on a floor plan

Answer 8

Exits, storage areas, line sets, battens, curtains, and any other useful information

Question 9

Black box theatre

Answer 9

Most economical and flexible
Simply a large room where the audience and stage are part of each other
Most intimate because audience is part of the show

Question 10

Jargon

Answer 10

A specific vocabulary used only in a specific field in communication

Question 11

House

Answer 11

Where the audience sits

Question 12

On stage

Answer 12

The area of the theatre where performance are conducted

Question 13

The booth

Answer 13

Also called the lighting booth or technical booth
Area facing stage used by the lighting crew, sound crew, and stage manager conduct the technical workings of the production

Question 14

Wings

Answer 14

Area to the right and left of the stage floor not visible to the audience

Question 15

Traps

Answer 15

Trapdoors built into most stage floors to allow access to trap room

Question 16

Trap room

Answer 16

Area below stage floor

Question 17

Backstage

Answer 17

Area off stage used by the crews and actors

Not visible to the audience

Question 18

Fly loft

Answer 18

Area built directly over on stage . Used to “fly” scenery, curtains, and lights in and out

Question 19

Deck

Answer 19

The floor on which the players perform

Used most commonly by lighting and paint shop crews

Question 20

Stage floor

Answer 20

The floor of the stage

Used by technical director and crew

Question 21

Blocking

Answer 21

The planned movement of an actor around the stage

Question 22

Blocking instructions

Answer 22

The instructions on moving across the stage given to the actor by the director over the course of the rehearsal period

Question 23

Upstage

Answer 23

Away from the audience

Question 24

Downstage

Answer 24

Towards the audience

Question 25

Raked

Answer 25

A sloped floor

Question 26

Common 9 square grid

Answer 26

Left and right are from the actor's POV Up right Up center Up left Right Center Left Down right Down center Down left

Question 27

Dance reference

Answer 27

``` A scale (numbered or lettered) added to the fore stage for reference so the dance numbers are more precise. Scale is usually 18" to 24" for the reference points ```

Question 28

Arena/theatre in the round navigation

Answer 28

Uses navigation in terms of a clock face Twelve o'clock always faces the light booth Still uses up stage in the center Down stage is the edge