Test 1 Flashcards
Stage where audience sits on 3 sides
Thrust
Picture frame stage, most common
Proscenium
No walls, surrounded all sides by audience
Arena (theatre-in-the-round)
Not really a stage, very intimate with audience,
Environmental
Final bow
Curtain call
9 areas of a proscenium stage
Stage areas
Actors gathering place
Green room
Part of a stage that extends past the curtain line, where cast stands
Apron
Large sheet of canvas that covers entire back wall of stage,scenery
Back Drop
Wooden frames with sheets of canvas stretched over them, canvas is glued or stapled to the sides, and then painted
Flats
Semi transparent cloth, light through front it looks solid but light through back it becomes transparent
Scrim
A set that doesn’t move, may represent many different locations in a play but it is not moved
Unit set
Painting a flat black and placing it behind doors to block audiences view of backstage
Masking
A short curtain that stretches across the top of the proscenium arch, hides lights and batten
Teaser
Slanted
Raked
Similar to teasers but are vertical on sides of stage
Tormenter
Located on both sides of stage, actors wait here
Wings
Long heavy rod positioned high above the stage floor, hang lights
Batten
What r differences between proscenium stage and arena
One is all around the other is like a fram
Disadvantages and advantages of a raked stage
A- see better
D- harder to walk,furniture might roll
How many sides do a audience sit in a thrust
3
The term used to describe tearing down a set
Strike
This stage rejects any kind of illusions because the actors can speak inches from the audiences face
Environmental
What happens on the apron
Curtain call