Theatre Appreciation, Test 3: Chapter 10 Flashcards
True/False: If the technical director says that the planned production is beyond the capabilities of the theatre, the technical director should be removed from the production.
False
True/False: Designs should make the same statement at every point of the play.
False
True/False: The means of moving the scenery is up to the technical director, not the set designer, and so the designer need not worry about it.
False
True/False: A costume should express the character as the actor is going to play it.
True
True/False: The only goal of the lighting designer is to make the actors visible.
False
True/False: Computer-aided design (CAD) does the designers’ work for them.
False
True/False: The materials of which settings will be built are a consideration in the set designer’s creativity.
True
True/False: Costume designers should always try to compensate for flaws in actors’ bodies that make them less than ideal.
False
True/False: Set, light, and projection and sound designers all create environments for the action.
True
True/False: Everything that appears on the stage should be the result of conscious decisions.
False
True/False: Designers are less affected by changes in technology than are actors.
False
True/False: A designer sets out to create a world on stage that is as close to a literal copy of the world offstage as possible.
False
True/False: All designers must consider the practical as well as the aesthetic requirements of a play.
False
True/False: Costume designers must consider the body of the particular actor as well as the traits of the particular dramatic character.
True
True/False: Most deign decisions are made by designers working alone.
False
True/False: To develop a historical setting, a designer must exactly reproduce the objects and motifs used at the time.
False
True/False: Computer assigned design (CAD) has not been adopted for theatre design due to the high cost and difficulty of programming.
False
True/False: With waning emphasis on perspective and two-dimensional painting, the proscenium arch became less important as an element of design.
True
True/False: Properties are usually the responsibility of the technical director.
False
True/False: Good design, at least in the realistic theatre, should provide the audience with information as well as offer beauty.
True
True/False: The lighting designer’s work tends to be concentrated toward the beginning of the rehearsal process.
False
True/False: Good design should serve actors.
True
True/False: Tone and mood are important to the lighting and scenic designer but not to the costume designer.
False
MC: A colored picture of what a costume or setting will look like is called a:
E. rendering
MC: The plan that a lighting designer provides is called a light:
B. plot
MC: If a scenic designer wanted to show a director where the furniture was to be placed on stage, looking down from directly overhead, he or she would probably use a:
A. ground plan
MC: A costume designer describing the mass and outline of a costume as worn is describing its:
C. silhouette
MC: Which of the designers is most likely to need skills in millinery?
C. costume designer
MC: A lighting designer wanting to color light would probably use a:
E. gel
MC: The person usually charged with maintaining the inventory of materials backstage is the:
B. technical director
MC: Which of the designers came most recently to the production team?
E. sound designer
MC: Good design:
A. serves the playwright’s intentions
