Quiz G (7) Flashcards
Door
A flat frame with the structural members so arranged to form a door opening.
Irregular
Flats whose shape is other than rectangular
Jog
A narrow plain flat; usually any flat less than 3´-0´ wide.
Plain
A rectangular frame covered with an unbroken expanse of canvas, muslin, or compositional material.
Window
A flat with its structural member placed to form a window opening.
Flies
Space directly above the stage up into which scenery is raised.
Float
To lower standing scenery to a horizontal position on the floor by blocking the lower rail and allowing the flat to fall.
Floodlight
A lighting instrument, used for general illumination, consisting basically of a large reflector and a high-wattage lamp or several smaller lamps.
Flop
Theater production that fails
Floor cloth
A large sheet of waterproofed duck canvas used as a more or less permanent covering for a stage
Floor plan
A skeleton outline or diagram indicating the position, size an interrelationship of various parts of the setting, a seen from directly above with no allowance for perspective.
Fly gallery
A narrow platform or balcony extending along a sidewall of a stage at some distance from the floor; the lines used in flying scenery are controlled from the fly gallery.
Flying
Shifting scenery by raising it vertically over and acting area by rope line rigging or the counterweight system. The fastest and quietest method of shifting.
Folk Drama
Play made of legends or from popular lore.
Footiron, hinged
A steal brace used in bracing the bottom scenery. The two legs of this brace can be adjusted to different angles.
Footiron, rigid
A right angle steel brace fastened to the bottom of a scenery to brace or lock it to the stage floor.
Footlight
A strip or strips of lights just outside the curtain line, usually in an open trough and usually recessed below the level of the floor, providing general illumination from below.
Foreshadow
To indicate or suggest through movement or dialogue a point the may later be of importance in the dramatic action
Forestage
An elongated apron extending out into the audience space, build for special production. Or; the downstage portion of the playing space when the stage is divided by an inner proscenium.
Front
In general, the audience and the lobby side of the proscenium arch, as in ¨out front¨ front of the house.W Distinguish from backstage. Frequently associated with business and house management.
Front elevation
Scaled mechanical drawing representing a front view of the setting as it would appear when drawn in a single plane.
