Theatre Arts Chapter 9 & 10

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

fashion or style editor

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

master electrician

Fresnel lighting instruments are most often used for

Top lighting

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

All of the above

While fabric affects the silhouette, texture, and bulk of a costume, it has little symbolic value.

False

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

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

historical period

The most typical thing that characters wearing ringlets, pompadours, or bouffant hairstyles can denote for a play is

historical period.

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

spill

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

All of the above

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

The most realistic makeup designs being used in the world of theatre are most often found in Japanese kabuki theatre presentations.

False

Undergarments are not a concern of the costume designer.

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 with a lens made of concentric rings to prevent cracking is called a(n)

Fresnel spot light.

Futuristic costumes for a production set in outer space would be typical in showing which of the categories?

Style

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

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

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

Although masks can help express a character effectively they are not likely to appear at all in a play that is completely realistic in style.

True

Color can be used to indicate changes in character.

True

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

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

Split cross-fades are quite difficult to make consistent on a manual lighting console, but computerized light boards make the complicated timing easy to accomplish. Selected Answer:

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

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 ________ mike.

body

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.

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

character flaws

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

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

editding

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.

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

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

focused

Bustles or corsets affect which of the following areas?

line, shape, and silhouette

Sounds that are called for in the script are called

motivated sounds

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

relationships

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

sound reinforcement.

A long, white laboratory coat and a stethoscope on a character would be typical in showing which of the following categories?

status and personality

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

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

False

Digital sound technology allows 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

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

False

Masks can be used to create stereotypes similar to stock characters.

True

Sound travels more slowly than light.

True

The technical rehearsal is the time to establish

All of the above

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

a strip light or flood light

Walking sticks and parasols are examples of

accessories

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 light plot does NOT include the

length of light cues.