Performing Arts Chapter 9 Test

Through the use of color, shadow, and intensity, lighting can suggest

A time of day, a season of year, a place

Walking sticks and parasols are examples of

Accessories

Clothes have always indicated or signaled a number of things regarding the wearer, except for which of the following?

Character flaws

Lighting changes typically programmed in a computerized control system are referred to as

Cues

A light that is typically used to light the large cyclorama all the way upstage is

Strip light or flood light

What was the first lighting source used in theaters?

Sun

Color can be used to indicate changes in character

True

Sound travels more slowly than light

True

When a costume is created in the costume shop under the supervision of the designer, this is known as building a costume

True

High-tech lights often used by rock musicians move up and down and from side to side, change colors, and change the sharpness and width of a beam of light and allow for numerous decorative or atmospheric patterns, are now used industry-wide. Such lights are called

Automated lights

A wireless microphone attached to a performer is called a

Body mic

What was the second lighting source used in theaters?

Candles/lanterns

When costumes are taken from inventory or rented from a costume house, this is known as rendering a costume

False

One of the following is NOT a collaborator of the costume designer

Fashion editor

Distinguishing major from minor characters is an analysis of which of the following?

Relationships

What was the fourth lighting source used in theaters?

Incandescent

The objective of costumes are many. For example, costumes help establish the style of the production. Which of the following, however, is NOT one of a costumer's objectives?

Draw attention to the skill of the designer

A conventional spot light that produces a soft-edged beam and allows for variable beam spread is called a(n)

Fresnel spot light

What was the third lighting source used in theaters?

Gas

Roman togas and soldiers' helmets primarily suggest which of the following?

Historical period

What is the most current lighting source used in theaters?

LED

A light plot does NOT include the

Length of light cues

Bustles or corsets affect which of the following areas?

Line and silhouette

The amplification of sounds produced by a performer or musical instrument is called

Sound reinforcement

A "laboratory coat" is typical of which of the following categories?

Status and personality

The technical rehearsal is the time to establish

The safe operation of all scenic shifts, all light cue levels and timing, and the placement and length of all sound cues

Fresnel lighting instruments are most often used for

Top lighting