THEATER FINAL EXAM

Which of the following responses places these theatrical lighting practices in the proper chronological order?

"the sun, candles and oil lamps, gaslight, limelight, incandescent lights, LEDs"

A first hand, a cutter/draper, and a stitcher are essential costume shop personnel working on the building/construction process of a costume

FALSE

A stitcher is a technician who patterns, pins, and drapes the fabric to fit the individual actor perfectly, whereas a draper is a technician who sews all the costumes.

FALSE

Because costumes must stand out from the scenery in order to be seen, costumes are rarely designed to be consistent with the scenic design for a production.

FALSE

Because it is important that the audience not be distracted while a character is speaking, Stanislavski believed that the other actor should, in essence, stop acting when they were not the main focus of the scene

FALSE

A found space is one that was not originally built for theatrical performance.

TRUE

A harsh red light from below an actor's face can create a disturbing mood, but you would only find that kind of light in a nonrealistic production.

TRUE

Sound effects in the theatre can be produced effectively with either advanced technology or with age-old manual theatrical mechanics, depending on the style of the production.

TRUE

Sound travels more slowly than light.

TRUE

The lighting designer can only use the following four controllable properties of light—intensity, color, distribution, and movement/change—in setting the lights for any cue in the theatre.

TRUE

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

a strip light or flood light

The objectives of the scene designer do NOT include

assisting in the blocking of the production

In order to meet the aesthetic demands of a lighting design, the stage manager must

call all cues with an understanding of the pace and rhythm integral to the production

When light from one area falls into an adjacent area, it is said to

spill

The person responsible for seeing that the scenery, platforms, and other elements are built, painted, and installed onstage is called a

technical director

Visibility is the most obvious function of stage lighting. Which of the following is also a primary function of lighting?

All of these answers are correct -reveal -assist -provdie

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

All of these answers are correct - time of day - season - place

The technical rehearsal is the time to establish

All of these answers are correct.

A stage set should tell the audience

All of these answers are correct: When the play takes place; where the play takes place; what kind of characters the play is about

In which way is the approach of Lee Strasberg different from the approach of acting teachers like Stella Adler, Sanford Meisner, and Uta Hagen?

It emphasizes the inner aspects of acting

Walking sticks and parasols are examples of

accessories

Which of the following performance spaces do performers usually have to make their entrances/exits along aisles that run through the audience?

arena stage

Which of the following provides the most intimate performance space?

arena stage

The type of performance space associated with street theatre is the

created, or found, space

Which of the following is not ordinarily used for performances?

created, or found, space

Which of the following uses unusual structures with their original architectural elements intact, carving out special areas for acting and viewing?

created, or found, space

"When one set of lights comes down at the same time that another set of lights come up, this is known as a"

cross-fade

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

cues

The sound designer's primary collaborator on any theatrical production is the

director

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

draw attention to the skill of the designer

Stage right and stage left mean the right and left side, respectively, from the perspective of the

performers facing the audience

Which type of performance space was originally built into hillsides in Greece?

thrust stage

Canvas stretched on wood with the side facing the audience painted to look like a solid wall is called a

flat

The development of a ________ is an extremely important step in preparing for the show to begin rehearsals so the actors and director know how their patterns of movement will be affected by the placement of scenic elements and/or furniture.

floor plan/ground plan

When a beam of light is aimed at a particular area on the stage, it is said to be

focused

A fairly complete sketch made by the scene designer, usually done in color, is called a

rendering

In one form or another, the ___ has been the most widely used of all the theatre spaces.

thrust stage

A low platform on wheels upon which set pieces and even actors are brought onstage is called a

wagon

A conventional spot light that throws a sharp, concentrated light and allows for the shaping of the beam with shutters is called a(n)

Ellipsoidal reflector spot light

" A crossfade is an electrical mishap to be avoided at all costs, since it brings the show to a complete halt.

FALSE

Computerized design, known technically as computer-assisted design (CAD) is very inflexible: the designer is often at a disadvantage when making instantaneous changes from what appears on the screen, even so she can, with some difficulty, indicate to the director and others alternative plans and features of a stage set

FALSE

Costume designers rarely meet the actors who will be wearing their costumes, leaving those responsibilities to the stage manager.

FALSE

Digital sound technology will allow musical instruments to be connected through a theatrical sound system, but at this time it cannot yet interface with lighting or projection technology.

FALSE

Only something that actually attaches or pins to a costume piece is considered an accessory.

FALSE

The need for elaborate scenery has put many arena theatres out of business

FALSE

To this day the most common form of sound reproduction technology in the theatre is reel-to-reel tape.

FALSE

Unlike in classical plays. adept physical movement is not required of the actor in a realistic play

FALSE

Use of the proscenium stage for elaborate scenery and scene shifts first started in the United States in the mid-twentieth century

FALSE

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

FALSE

While it is often necessary for actors and actresses to make quick costume changes, this is a concern for the stage manager, not the costume designer.

FALSE

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

Fresnel spot light

"The acting style that uses an "inside out" approach and stipulates that the actor thinks the thoughts of the character and the action will follow is called"

Method (internal)

A warm golden red light from below an actor's face could establish a suggested light source of a campfire or candles on a table in a completely realistic production.

TRUE

Area above the stage of a proscenium theater built to hold scenery that has been raised out of the sight of the audience is called the fly loft

TRUE

In addition to the costumes themselves, makeup and wigs are also part of the responsibilities of the costume designer

TRUE

Realistic prosthetic makeup is used both for fantastical creatures like flying monkeys and in creating believable historical characters.

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

Which of the following is NOT a performance technique developed by Stanislavski?

biomechanics

A flexible theater that can be converted into different arrangements is called

black box

What term is used when all lights are shut off at once?

blackout

A wireless microphone attached to a performer is called a ________ mike.

body

When sound effects are recorded and arranged in the order of their appearance in the script, the process is called

editing

Sound that recreates the noises of everyday life and help create the verisimilitude of a play, but are not specifically called for by the script, are called

environmental sounds

Which of the following is NOT a collaborator of the costume designer?

fashion or style editor

In order for a performer to convincingly play a role, he or she must synthesize the inner and outer aspects of training through a process called

integration

A light plot does NOT include the

length of light cues

Bustles or corsets affect which of the following areas?

line, shape, and silhouette

Which of the following is a critical member of the lighting design team?

master electrician

A small-scale, three-dimensional version of the set is called a

model

Sounds that are called for in the script are called

motivated sounds

Which type of performance space requires spectators to take in and synthesize several impressions at once?

multifocus theatre

In order to throw the voice into the audience so that it penetrates to the utmost reaches of the theatre, the actor must

project

A "fourth wall theatre" describes an

proscenium stage

In which of the following performance spaces do all the seats face in one direction?

proscenium stage

It is difficult to balance and establish the right type of aesthetic distance in/on the ____, which places some audience members mere feet from the stage action and other quite a distance away

proscenium stage

Most Broadway theatres were built in which configuration?

proscenium stage

One particularly effective performance space for realistic settings is the

proscenium stage

The stage best suited for spectacle is the

proscenium stage

The standard theatre space throughout Europe beginning in the late seventeen century, which grew in popularity in the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth century was the

proscenium stage

Which type of performance space utilizes the greatest amount of scenery and stage machinery?

proscenium stage

The main floor where the audience sits in a contemporary proscenium theatre, and, in Ancient Greece, the circular acting area at the base of a hillside amphitheater is called

the orchestra

A typical Elizabethan playhouse would have used

thrust stage

If an actor is near the edge of the stage closest to the audience, and she turns her back and walks away from the audience, she is walking

upstage