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| What two aspects heavily influenced the design of a theatrical structure throughout history? |
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| How did the Greeks give consideration to both sightlines and audience proximity when designing their theatres? |
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took advantage of hillsides
curved seating to ensure close proximity to action
raised platform |
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| What was the skene and what was its purpose on the Greek stage? |
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raised platform on which actors played to give prominence
(our word proscenium comes from it) |
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| During what time period was the first front curtain used? |
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| Romans, series of poles lowered to reveal stage |
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| During what time did Wing and Drop emerge? How did it work? |
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Italian Renaissance
creates illusion of depth my making objects in foreground larger than those in back |
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| What was the purpose of the Chariot and Pole system and how did it operate |
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| easy scene change during performance, slots in floor with poles mounted on carts so that pulleys could move the set pieces |
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| When did the proscenium stage emerge and what was its main purpose or fuction? |
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Renaissance
separates audience from stage, hides devices |
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| Advantages and disadvantages of thrust stage are: |
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large number of seats in small number of roes=closer to stage
actor friendly
sightline problems |
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| passageway under audience seating from backstage space to the stage, popular in thrust theatres |
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flexible seating
risers used for sightlines
low cost
extreme intimacy
scenic elemetns less important |
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| imaginary line that runs across stage from one side to other directly upstage of proscenium opening |
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front of house
overhead lighting popes located in auditorium |
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Permanent Lighting Electric
Drop Box System |
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| -permanently attatched plugging strip opposed to moveable ones that make any pipe available |
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| holes in stage floor equipped with removeable covers, useful for shows where actors or props need to disappear through floor |
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equipment used in hanging scenery and lighting over a stage
-ropes, pulleys, arbors, pipes |
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| sandbags, men, blocks and crews, tying off, rigging system |
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| weights and bloceks, pulleys and arbors |
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| curtain tied up in one position and just hangs there, difficult and time consuming |
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| fly in and out, pipes, hang drapes, hang lights, pretty much anything hangs from them except hopefully people, term comes from merchant marines |
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| sheave is stationary cuz it is bolted to wood or steel of grid, change direction of rope from vertical to horizontal, cross stage inclination, a pulley swivels and travels up and down |
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| very high strength stranded steel cable, in place of a hemp, exceeds strength of hemp, stetching factor negligible, not changed by humidity |
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| Bottom Tension Pulley-why? |
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| cuz it keeps the line taut |
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| stores counterweights, located near grid so one can reach arbors and highest point of travel |
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| flat peices of metal that connect two upright bars of the arbors, prevent bars from warping out of shape from weight of bricks, must be distributed |
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| small clamp attached to purchase line at low trim mark, used when exact position of a piece is critical or flyman is nunreliable |
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| stage drape vs stage drop |
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drape- opulent fabric, generic, masking, duvetyn, balck
drop-specific purpose, paintings, muslin |
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borders-wide not tall, mask overhead space of stage
legs-mask stage space or wings, tall not wide (one border in front of two sets of legs) |
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| black drape...duh, covers entire width of stage in rear or halfway back, used as a dark background, covering device for shifting scenery |
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variations in light intensity used to create variations in the opacity of the scrim fabric
toner for a cyc
materializing someone |
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| gathering fabric at top of form folds or pleats, more pleats=richer and heavier curtain |
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| "grand drape" used to compensate for lack of overhead space |
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| rigged with a traveler to fly in and out, Austrian curtain, has nylon lift lines that pull upward so curtain gathers itself up from bottom |
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| short traveler curtain that runs up and down the stage between two leg and border sets, used across in one position where sightlinse are worst |
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| Why is it important to fold drapes and how do we do this? |
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reduce wrinkling, easier to see how to lay the goods out for retying to batten
-flat with front side up
-bottom corners to top
-repeat until 2' strip created
-bring both ends to center leaving space
-fold one side over other |
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| using a second batten to fly out the bottom of the drape, pipe is pulled up from bottom to top creating folding effect |
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| What is the most common type of wood used for constructing stage scenery and why? |
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White Pine
workable
soft
easy to cut
straight grain pattern
widely available
reasonable price |
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| Milled Size vs Nominal Size |
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Miled=actual size of lumber because milling process reduces lumber size
nominal size=name size not actual size |
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| What is the actual thickness of oneby and twoby |
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| Why use straight grain lumber? |
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| won't split, break or warp, tree not under stress, consistent |
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lower number=higher grade=better more desireable=more expensive
#1 straight graine no knots
#2 larger and more knots BEST
#3 or utility loose knots=holes |
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| What are 3 common defects in wood? |
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cup-across grain, board curls some to the side
bow- length of grain, curved shape
warp- crazy lateral twisting |
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| Where does plywood get its strength from? |
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| various ways that the grain of the layers of wood are glued, oriented at right angles to create strength in all directions |
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| two letters, two distinct sides requiring two different letters, A/C is most common |
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mahogany plywood imported from Pacific Rim AI AI! less expensive than Amerian Plywood...of course because labor is cheaper so ppl are poor and starving there so we can build a cheap stage...
smoother finish that takes paint well
not as dense |
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| Why does a standard tape measure have a slight curve to it? |
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| creates rigidity when extended, stiffens so it can be played out to a distant point...that's what she said... |
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| check or create 90 degree angle |
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| stretched out and snapped createse a long straight line of chalk |
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level=flat and horizontal
plumb=upright and vertical |
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| Most commonly used wrench |
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| Adjustable end wrench (Crescent...but don't tell Jeff that) |
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| pliers that can be locked in place to get a better hold on an object |
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| soft cushioned blow is needed |
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how rough the sandpaper is
how aggresively it will wear away material
40=very rough
100=smooth for painting |
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| cutting lumber along lenth of graigh very long cuts |
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| two ends of boards placed up against each other and nailed |
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rip lumber to specific width
feed in long boards to create thin long strips |
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| used when cutting a small piece that brings you close to the blade |
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| power tool used to cut an angle in piece of lumber up to 45 degrees |
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| small block of wood clamped to fence of radial arm saw and at immediate end of keeper piece, guides wood so your fingers don't have to |
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| cut decorative lines or sircular lines into piece of lumber |
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| Name two types of theatrical flats |
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traditional type like we made with muslin covers
alternate type with plywood covering used in Odd Couple |
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| horizontal member of stage flat |
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| Verticle Member of stage flat |
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| Do the ppl at Home Depot know what a flat is? |
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| 1/4" plywood piece to form a covered joint |
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| support beam between two styles, every 4' |
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| framing piece, create curved profile, top of window or doorway, 3/4" plywood |
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| list of all math invovled in creating a flat with feet and inches |
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| How do most ppl get hurt with power tools? |
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| by not paying attention!!! |
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| used at corners of flat at 90 degree angle to direction of joint |
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