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WorksheetsGet Your Act Together 4
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
What is the term for the outline or shape created by a costume on a person's figure or a shadow on a wall?
Format
Silhouette
Tailor's dummy
Lifelike, realistic, believable
Abstract
Naturalistic
How near or far apart people or objects are to each other
proximity
proximmity
proximitey
The speed or rate at which something happens
Timing
Steadiness
Pace
A way of speaking specific to a certain location or social group
Dialogue
Slang
Dialect
Style is...
The way something is written, designed or performed
Victoria Beckham
School uniform
Moving from one section of the stage to another
Blocking
Crossing
Shifting
Name for the metal plate used in a theatre lantern to create a specific shape or pattern
Gobo
Gate
Gremlin
using something to represent something else or an idea
Symbolism
Dadaism
Cubism
The unspoken meaning, feelings, thoughts "behind" the line
Surface text
Subtext
Submarine
Volume is...
The amount of artificial snow in Santa's grotto at Christmas
How loud or soft a sound is
Too much ice cream at the interval
Contemporary theatre lighting is created using..
Lanterns
Torches
Limelight
Costume design involves making decisions about...(multi answer)
Fabric
Colour
Fit/condition
Footwear / accessories
Set design involves making decisions about... (multi answer)
Stage configuration
Colours
Materials
Levels
Props
Lighting design involves making decisions about...(multi answer)
Indoor/outdoor effect
Angles and intensity
Transitions
Special effects
Sound design involves making decisions about...(multi answer)
Live or recorded
Volume
Diagetic or non-diagetic
Transitions
Which lantern produces a sharp, clearly defined edge and is good for highlighting specific performers or areas?
Profile
Flood
Fresnel
Parcan
Which lantern enables the lighting of wider areas and has soft edges, easily blended into other lighting effects?
Profile
Fresnel
Floodlight
Parcan
A follow spot...
...is the result of too much chocolate and chips
is the name for the lantern which has a narrow beam and is used to follow the movements and give very tight lighting focus to one specific character eg the Narrator in Blood Brothers
is when one lantern is switched on after another goes off
Which lantern lights a very large area, and is general and unfocused
Floodlight
Profile
Follow spot
What would you use to create the effect of a barred window of a prison cell on stage?
A gobo
A barn door
A fresnel
Which of these are lighting transitions? (multi answer)
Cross fade
Fade
Snap
Cue
What is the name for a sudden lighting change from one effect to another?
Blackout
Cross fade
Snap
When would you use a blackout?
During the war
To send a strong signal to the audience, eg to create a sudden moment of high tension
To suggest light fading slowly eg suggesting a sunset
Lighting can create separate pools of light to...
Suggest different frames of action
Draw attention to specific characters
To represent a swimming pool on stage
A sound designer works with both music, voice and sound FX to create...(multi answer)
Mood and atmosphere
Location and time of day
A sing-along with the audience
The sound plot is a map of the SFX used in a play. It has to tie in with...
the themes and style of the play, and reflect the context(time and place)
what the lead actor likes to listen to in their dressing room
Live sound...
can sound more authentic
can be recorded
Recorded sound...
will always be consistent for every performance and can be accurately timed to fit cues
depends entirely on what is in the download charts
relies on technology and effects
Sound for a production can involve...(multi answer)
A musical score and voices
Special effects
On-stage and off-stage sound effects
Theatre fire alarms
If you are describing a set design you should always refer to...(multi answer)
The configuration of the stage
The suitability of the design for the scene being performed
Materials, objects, sightlines, entrances, exits, levels
How much it costs
A set design should always be identified as...
Abstract or naturalistic
Pretty
Expensive
Set design could refer briefly to
the ease of transitions and set changes into/from scenes
painting and decorating
costume designs
Set design for Blood Brothers : is it fixed, or flown in/out?
Fixed
Both
Flown in/out
Set design also includes props and stage furniture. True or false?
True
False
Costume can suggest...(multi answer)
Character status, and a character's journey through the play
Social-historical context, eg location, time, climate
style and genre of the play
how much the actors get paid
Hair, masks, make-up, shoes, accessories are all part of costume design
True
False
Choice of costume colour can be symbolic eg to convey character status
True
False
A costume designer works...
pre-production
post-production
How many of these are essential for any designer in theatre? Tick all which apply:(multi answer)
Concept
Appropriateness
Inspiration & interpretation
Technical requirements
