8/25/17 Test Flashcards

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Proscenium theater

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

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Thrust proscenium theatre

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

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Arena Theatre

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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

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Drafted plan view

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

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Most common scales

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1/4”=1’

1/2”=1’

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Floor plan

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

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Section view

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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

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What is shown on a floor plan

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

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Black box theatre

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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

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Jargon

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A specific vocabulary used only in a specific field in communication

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House

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Where the audience sits

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On stage

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The area of the theatre where performance are conducted

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The booth

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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

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Wings

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

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Traps

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

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Trap room

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Area below stage floor

17
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Backstage

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Area off stage used by the crews and actors

Not visible to the audience

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Fly loft

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

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Deck

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The floor on which the players perform

Used most commonly by lighting and paint shop crews

20
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Stage floor

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The floor of the stage

Used by technical director and crew

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Blocking

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The planned movement of an actor around the stage

22
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Blocking instructions

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

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Upstage

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Away from the audience

24
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Downstage

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Towards the audience

25
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Raked

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A sloped floor

26
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Common 9 square grid

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

27
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Dance reference

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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
28
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Arena/theatre in the round navigation

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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