Chapter 5 Flashcards
the basic purpose of design is to?
transform something so it may be seen, by a willing viewer, as something else: in a different world
types of designers
- lighting
- sound
- makeup/hair
- costume
- set
lighting
i. Looks of the theatre: dusk, middle day hot
1. Temperature: cool or hot
ii. Spotlight – means something
iii. Gels – little square plastic tinted; color wheel
sound
i. Creating sound that transform our world into the world of play through sound
makeup/hair
- wigs or intricate hair styles
costume
designers to builders
- set
i. Design all set/backdrops/pieces of furniture, flatforms
ii. Create a model perfect dimension of theatre itself
iii. Carpenters, painters
iv. Technical team lead by technical director
technical director
- Responsible for technical aspect of play
a. The stagehands change sceneray and costumes and handle probs
four staging formats (stages)
- proscenium
- arena
- black box
- thrust
procesnium
- traditional, framed
arena
- theatre in the round
black box
- intimate
- painted black
thrust
- thrust out into the audience, audience on 3 sides
props
a or handheld object used in a play production such as a telephone, book, etc…
flat
A wooden frame covered in fabric and then painted, often to resemble a wall or a portion of a wall
drapery
fabric, often black, mainly used as neutral scenery to hide actors when they leave the lit (active) area of the stage
platform
a table-like construction of any height, built to be stood upon, that creates raised flooring for a designated portion of the stage
stage manager
- One of most important people in play
- Support director
- Keep tract of actors; email calltimes, schedules
- Takes notes during rehearsal process, where directors directing actors to move
- When curtain rises on first night on show opingeing, director not incharge, stage manager is
- Runs the show; everyone shows up on time, make calls late. Oversea entire team of ppl, calling the show, actors in places when almost time. When it starts, light, sound, curtain, actor cue.
