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- Thrust
- Proscenium
- In the Round
- Arena (Stadium) |
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1) More intimate experience
2) Audience gets a view of almost all sides
3) Blocking can be more unique
4) Unique lighting angles
5) All action is downstage |
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1) Scenery must be simple
2) Action scenes take place downstage, accidents may hurt audience members,
3) Actors need to be aware of having their back to an audience member
4) All scenery must be downstage
5) Crew members must come far onto stage in order to move scenery |
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| Pros of Proscenium Theatres |
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1) Scenery can be extravagant
2) Audience has a view of the entire stage
3) Lots of room backstage
4) Crew doesn't have to travel far to move scenery
5) Wings allow moving scenery to be hidden easily |
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| Cons of Proscenium Theatres |
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1) Actors must cheat out
2) Less intimate setting
3) Action can only take place on one side of scenery
4) Scenery must be placed carefully so there is no sight blocking for any audience members
5) Limited exit points |
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| Pros of In the Round Theatres |
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1) Intimate
2) Seating can be configured however the director chooses
3) Blocking can be more versatile
4) More appropriate for small shows with limited scenery
5) No upstage/downstage, action can be seen anywhere |
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| Cons of In the Round Theatres |
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1) Limited exit points
2) Crew must travel far to move scenery
3) Scenery is limited
4) Actors will always have their back to someone
5) Limited fly space/options (No walls) |
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1) Intimate
2) Audience has a view of entire stage
3) Blocking can be versatile
4) Simple scenery
5) Upstage/downstage determined by blocking/ director |
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1) Limited exit points
2) Crew must go on stage to move things
3) Lights must be focused so they don't shine in an audience member's face
4) Actors will always have their back to someone
5) View of only 2 sides, not 3 like in thrust |
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| Hallway behind the stage used to move scenery, props from one end of the stage to the other |
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| Back of the proscenium wall, down left or right, which leads to front-of-house area |
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| Runs from one end of the stage to the other, directly upstage of proscenium opening, used to determine scenery placement |
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| Front-of-house (FOH) Positions |
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| Overhead lighting pipes located in the auditorium, pipe closest to stage is first, and so forth. |
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| Vertical pipe used to hang lights |
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| Pipes used to hang lights over the stage |
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| Made of asbestos, used to keep smoke on stage in the event of a fire, protects audience from smoke inhalation |
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| Other forms of fire protection |
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- Sprinkler system
- Steel door
- Smoke door |
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| Spiking where a drop needs to be flown in to. |
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| Used to allow only one stagehand to fly scenery in a hemp system |
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| Holds fly rope together and has an attachment for sandbags |
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- difficulty attaching sandbags to line sets
- lines stretching |
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| Used in place of hemp, aircraft cable replaces rope, steel or lead weights replace sandbags |
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| Not affected by humidity, stretching, can hold around 7,000 lbs. |
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- shackle (most common)
- snap hook
- quick link |
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| Used to stop fly-in scenery when stagehands prove unreliable. Last resort tool |
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| knot used to tie drops to pipes...and shoes! |
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| Double wrap around a pipe, used mainly for tying lighting cable to a boom |
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| Tightens when force is exerted |
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| Fastens line around a pipe, used with long line or dead hangs |
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| Creates a fixed loop at the end of a rope, |
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| Used to tie two lines together |
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| Trucker's Hitch (Snub and Loop) |
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| Used when you need a lot of tension on a line |
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| Curtain that covers the upstage wall and hides scenery or creates a walkway for actors and crew |
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| Batten that wraps around the entire stage, often used in TV |
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| "Curtain" that reflects light in ways that creates effects |
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| Folds up from the bottom when raised |
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| Used to pull curtain apart from sides |
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| Parts of Muslin Drop (top to bottom) |
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- Jute Webbing
- Grommets (holes)
- Horizontal Seam (middle)
- Pipe Pocket |
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| Current must flow through each unit in order to get to the next. Only used for small things, such as running the light board. If one bulb goes out, it is all out. |
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| Power flows from its source to each load, the outage of one bulb will not effect the others |
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| electrons move in one direction from negative terminal towards the positive terminal |
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| Ending point for a circuit |
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| Electrons move through the conducting wire in two opposite directions following a regularly scheduled pattern, produced by fossil fuels or falling water |
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| Used to increase/decrease voltage |
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- resistance
- auto-transformer
- SCR |
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- C Clamp
- Square-headed Bolt
- Yoke |
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| light is refracted through this |
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| Focuses by moving of sled |
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| Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight |
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| Most commonly used in theatre, has two focal points |
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- 12/3 SO Cable
- Pin Connector (used to patch lights to board)
- Twist Lock Connector
- Cam Lock (single conductor feeder cable)
- Multi Connector |
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