Quiz G (7)

Question 1

Door

Answer 1

A flat frame with the structural members so arranged to form a door opening.

Question 2

Irregular

Answer 2

Flats whose shape is other than rectangular

Question 3

Jog

Answer 3

A narrow plain flat; usually any flat less than 3´-0´ wide.

Question 4

Plain

Answer 4

A rectangular frame covered with an unbroken expanse of canvas, muslin, or compositional material.

Question 5

Window

Answer 5

A flat with its structural member placed to form a window opening.

Question 6

Flies

Answer 6

Space directly above the stage up into which scenery is raised.

Question 7

Float

Answer 7

To lower standing scenery to a horizontal position on the floor by blocking the lower rail and allowing the flat to fall.

Question 8

Floodlight

Answer 8

A lighting instrument, used for general illumination, consisting basically of a large reflector and a high-wattage lamp or several smaller lamps.

Question 9

Flop

Answer 9

Theater production that fails

Question 10

Floor cloth

Answer 10

A large sheet of waterproofed duck canvas used as a more or less permanent covering for a stage

Question 11

Floor plan

Answer 11

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.

Question 12

Fly gallery

Answer 12

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.

Question 13

Flying

Answer 13

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.

Question 14

Folk Drama

Answer 14

Play made of legends or from popular lore.

Question 15

Footiron, hinged

Answer 15

A steal brace used in bracing the bottom scenery. The two legs of this brace can be adjusted to different angles.

Question 16

Footiron, rigid

Answer 16

A right angle steel brace fastened to the bottom of a scenery to brace or lock it to the stage floor.

Question 17

Footlight

Answer 17

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.

Question 18

Foreshadow

Answer 18

To indicate or suggest through movement or dialogue a point the may later be of importance in the dramatic action

Question 19

Forestage

Answer 19

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.

Question 20

Front

Answer 20

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.

Question 21

Front elevation

Answer 21

Scaled mechanical drawing representing a front view of the setting as it would appear when drawn in a single plane.