Chapters 4,5,6 Flashcards
Upstage
Part of stage farthest from audience
Downstage
Nearest to audience
Stage left
Prompt stage/side
Stage right
Opposite of prompt
Teasers
Border, usually black, set behind proscenium to form inner frame
Tormentors
Nero masking flats adjacent and usually at right angles to the procenium
Arena
Form of stage where the audience are seated on at least two sides
Thrust
Form of stage which projects into the auditorium so that the audience is seated on extended pieces of two sides
Black Box
Small studio where audience and actors are in the same room surrounded by black curtains
Grand drape
Main house tabs in venue
Proscenium
Arch/wall stands between the stage and the auditorium
Wings
Out view areas to the side of stages
Fly space
Where scenery or people can be flown
Flat
Light weight frame covered with scenic canvas or plywood
Spotlight
Moving like that projects Gpbos or beam
Flood light
Lensless lanterns that produce a broad non-variable spread of light
Ellipsoidal Reflector
Projects outline of anything placed in front of gate
Fresnel
Lantern produces an even soft edged beam through a fresnel lens
Crossfade
Bringing a new light up while bringing the other one down completely replaces the old one
Cyclorama
Curved plain cloth feeling rear of stage
Apron
Section of stage floor that projects toward or into auditorium
Gobo
Thin metal plate attached to produce a design which can then be projected by spotlight
Scrim
Course gauze
Strip light
Low voltage battens
Swatch
C sample fabric to demonstrate material to use on costume or lighting gel
Trap
Opening in Stage floor
Legs
Vertical drape set a side of end on area masking place
Gel
Color filter
Elevator stage
Mechanized as stage of sections that can be raised or lowered
Hand props
Handled by actors
Set props
Set scenery or items that are placed onstage
Set decoration
Also known as set dressings
Character makeup
Changes look
Straight makeup
Enhance features
Box set
Flat that are fastened together and painted to look like the interior for a room
General Lighting
Whole stage lit
Specific lighting
Particular area of stage is lit; special effects
Designers create their designs
Read the scrip Meet with director create their designs Director’s final approval Designs are given to technician director
Set designer Objectives
Help set tone and style Establishes a period Develops a concept Provides a central image Coordinates scenery Solves design problems
Two Types of set designers
Symmetrical—— mirror image
Asymmetrical——- balance through mass and form
How they create the set design
Floor plan, so know what fits
Working drawings
A model- three dimensional
Obtain finished product
Lighting Designer Objectives
Visibility Time and Place Mood Reinforces the style of the production Defines the mass and form Symbol SHows movement through light changes
Two catergories of lights….
General and Specific
Costume designer objectives
Helps establish a tone and style of a production Helps establish the time period Establish character Need of actor Coordinate with production
Makeup designer
Establishes character and special effects
Two types makeup
Straight and Character
Proscenium theatre and advantage and disadvantage
The fourth wall effect as audience feel as if they are watching the play through a fourth wall
A- Actors can wait backstage
D- Seperation from audience
Thrust Stage A and D
Audience is sited on all three sides
A- storage
D- no curtain
Arena Stage
A and D
Where the audience is seated on all four sides
A- audience closer
D- concealment
Black Box
A and D
Different than a found space
A- Intimate
D- Little realism
