The Theatre Experience Ch 11

OriginalAlphabetical In the past 2000 years, there have been several sources of stage lighting, which of the following have been used to illuminate the stage?

Candles, incandescent lamps, oil lamps, gas light, sun

Because early rock concerts were staged in multi-use spaces with pre-existing grids, the lighting design for those concerts during the early days of touring were focused on which elements?

Clear illumination, mood, slight changes of color

__ is the position and type of lighting instrument being used and the angle at which the light strikes the performers on stage.

Distribution

When the beams of light are aimed at particular area on the stage this is an example of

Focus as it relates to theatre lighting.

Sound reproduction that is called for in the script, or noises of everyday life that are heard as background, or produced by mechanical or human means to create a sound associated with the play.

Motivated sounds Sound effects Environmental sounds

____ ________ have always been an important and necessary element of the sound design of a theatre production whether created live through the use of mechanical devices developed to make sounds or recorded.

Sound effects

Dimmers are

devices that are used to control the intensity. devices that can vary the amount of power going to the lights.

This Thomas Edison invention allowed for a new era of imaginative stage lighting for the theatre.

incandescent lamp

Which types of theatrical productions have incorporated the visual aesthetic of rock concerts for their performances?

large-scale musicals

A _______ _________ is a plan that shows the location and color of each lighting instrument as well as the kind of instrument needed for the task and the area on the stage in which it is focused.

light plot

Scenery, costumes, __________, and sound are key elements in creating mood and style of a production.

lighting

In an effort to enhance the visual world of the play revealing the shape and form of 3D objects, the lighting designer

lights the performers from the side, top, and behind.

Often found climbing on catwalks and ladders in remote areas of the theater, the ______ _______ is responsible for the preparation, hanging, and focusing of the lights.

master electrician

Abrupt, staccato changes with stark blackouts; languid, slow fades; gradual cross-fades. These are all examples of how a lighting designer can help create ________ in a production.

rhythym

By choreographing shifts in light in a time continuum, the designer can help the director establish _________.

rhythym

A microphone that is highly directional and aimed from a distance at a specific area is called a ________- mike, whereas one that picks up sounds in a general area toward which it is aimed is called a ______ mike.

shotgun, general

This form of sound design has been utilized in theatre for several centuries.

sound effects

_______ or illumination is the most important function of lighting

visibility

A row of lights located on the stage floor which could tend to cast unflattering shadows on the actor's faces are an example of this property of stage lighting.

distribution

Lights positioned near the stage floor can help create a special effect of

exaggerated shadows under the eyes and chin causing a ghost-like quality.

Which type of microphone is attached to the performer's body or clothing?

Body mike

The purpose of this plan is to show the location, color and type of every instrument used in the lighting design.

Light plot

Lighting performers from the front, with lights above the audience illuminating the stage, does what?

Visually washes out all three-dimensional objects on stage

The successful lighting designer possesses

a broad, creative visual imagination. an ability to translate words and actions and feelings into color, direction, and intensity. a background in the technical and mechanical aspects of lighting.

This classification of sound design amplifies sounds made by a performer or musical instrument.

Sound reinforcement

Which of the following statements reflect contemporary sound effects practice in theatre?

The use of digitally recorded sound is easily accessible on the Internet and widely used onstage.

An experienced lighting designer can translate words and actions and feelings into ________, ____________, and ____________.

color, direction, intensity

Numerous lighting changes, from 75 to 150 to many more, created ahead of time that range from blackouts to fades to cross-fades.

cues

In addition to reading a script and noting all the places sound might be needed, a sound designer may need to also do what for a large-scale musical?

decide the placement of speakers throughout the theatre decide the number and type of microphones to be used

The sound designer is only responsible for sound effects and amplification in a production.

false Recall that a sound designer's job also entails preshow and intermission music as well as live or pre-recorded preshow announcements as well.

In theatre lighting, ______ refers to the fact that beams of light are aimed at a particular area.

focus

The filter materials that are used to change the color of light from a lighting instrument are:

gels

A property of stage lighting is brightness or ___________.

intensity

This lighting design collaborator is responsible for the preparation, hanging, and focusing of the lights and all accessories.

master electrician

Blending sound by balancing all the elements from the various microphones with the master sound recording in order to achieve an overall balance of sound is called .

mixing

What are the ways in which the gun shot sound effect could be created in the theatre?

recorded sound, blank cartrigdes in a gun, Hinged pieces of wood slammed together.

Colors are chosen by a lighting designer to

support the varied action of the play support choices made bye the costume designer support choices made by the scenic designer

This special effect is a very dark blue light that causes costumes and scenery painted with phosphorus to glow.

ultraviolet light