Skills Evaluation Flashcards
Spike mark
Tape or paint to mark a location for scenic or prop
Flat
A lightweight wooden frame covered with scenic canvas. Now usually covered with plywood or hardboard and consequently not so lightweight
Drop
A piece of scenic canvas, painted or plain that is flown or fixed to hang in a vertical position. Drops in and flies out
Practical prop
A prop that can be controlled by the actor, like a lamp
Sight lines
What the audience can and cannot see
Proscenium
Somewhat of a picture frame for the stage
Fourth Wall
The imaginary wall between the audience and the stage
Blocking
The movement and positioning of the actors on stage
Production book
Where most of the elements of the show are documented
Cut drop
A backdrop with a cut for a door or archway
BGM
Background music
Ground plan
Bird’s eye view of the stage or performing location
Ground cloth
A cover of the stage surface
Ground row
Sometimes called strip lights, upstage for the eye or drop
Traveler
Curtains or drops that moves on and off stage on a track, any piece, normally hung
Dead-hung
Once it is in place it does not move
Paper tech
Talk through the show or event
Cue to cue
Time to set all the cues, one at a time
Box set
A set with three sides
Twist-lock
A plug to connect looters cords to holes, locks for safety
Gobo
A pattern in front of a focus able light AND CASTS s. Shadow on the wall
First electric
The first line set up, farthest downstage
Non-dim
Has an on and off switch on the light board
IAtSE
International association of theatre stage employees
