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Get Your Act Together 4

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for the outline or shape created by a costume on a person's figure or a shadow on a wall?

a)

Format

b)

Silhouette

c)

Tailor's dummy

2.

Lifelike, realistic, believable

a)

Abstract

b)

Naturalistic

3.

How near or far apart people or objects are to each other

a)

proximity

b)

proximmity

c)

proximitey

4.

The speed or rate at which something happens

a)

Timing

b)

Steadiness

c)

Pace

5.

A way of speaking specific to a certain location or social group

a)

Dialogue

b)

Slang

c)

Dialect

6.

Style is...

a)

The way something is written, designed or performed

b)

Victoria Beckham

c)

School uniform

7.

Moving from one section of the stage to another

a)

Blocking

b)

Crossing

c)

Shifting

8.

Name for the metal plate used in a theatre lantern to create a specific shape or pattern

a)

Gobo

b)

Gate

c)

Gremlin

9.

using something to represent something else or an idea

a)

Symbolism

b)

Dadaism

c)

Cubism

10.

The unspoken meaning, feelings, thoughts "behind" the line

a)

Surface text

b)

Subtext

c)

Submarine

11.

Volume is...

a)

The amount of artificial snow in Santa's grotto at Christmas

b)

How loud or soft a sound is

c)

Too much ice cream at the interval

12.

Contemporary theatre lighting is created using..

a)

Lanterns

b)

Torches

c)

Limelight

13.

Costume design involves making decisions about...(multi answer)

a)

Fabric

b)

Colour

c)

Fit/condition

d)

Footwear / accessories

14.

Set design involves making decisions about... (multi answer)

a)

Stage configuration

b)

Colours

c)

Materials

d)

Levels

e)

Props

15.

Lighting design involves making decisions about...(multi answer)

a)

Indoor/outdoor effect

b)

Angles and intensity

c)

Transitions

d)

Special effects

16.

Sound design involves making decisions about...(multi answer)

a)

Live or recorded

b)

Volume

c)

Diagetic or non-diagetic

d)

Transitions

17.

Which lantern produces a sharp, clearly defined edge and is good for highlighting specific performers or areas?

a)

Profile

b)

Flood

c)

Fresnel

d)

Parcan

18.

Which lantern enables the lighting of wider areas and has soft edges, easily blended into other lighting effects?

a)

Profile

b)

Fresnel

c)

Floodlight

d)

Parcan

19.

A follow spot...

a)

...is the result of too much chocolate and chips

b)

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

c)

is when one lantern is switched on after another goes off

20.

Which lantern lights a very large area, and is general and unfocused

a)

Floodlight

b)

Profile

c)

Follow spot

21.

What would you use to create the effect of a barred window of a prison cell on stage?

a)

A gobo

b)

A barn door

c)

A fresnel

22.

Which of these are lighting transitions? (multi answer)

a)

Cross fade

b)

Fade

c)

Snap

d)

Cue

23.

What is the name for a sudden lighting change from one effect to another?

a)

Blackout

b)

Cross fade

c)

Snap

24.

When would you use a blackout?

a)

During the war

b)

To send a strong signal to the audience, eg to create a sudden moment of high tension

c)

To suggest light fading slowly eg suggesting a sunset

25.

Lighting can create separate pools of light to...

a)

Suggest different frames of action

b)

Draw attention to specific characters

c)

To represent a swimming pool on stage

26.

A sound designer works with both music, voice and sound FX to create...(multi answer)

a)

Mood and atmosphere

b)

Location and time of day

c)

A sing-along with the audience

27.

The sound plot is a map of the SFX used in a play. It has to tie in with...

a)

the themes and style of the play, and reflect the context(time and place)

b)

what the lead actor likes to listen to in their dressing room

28.

Live sound...

a)

can sound more authentic

b)

can be recorded

29.

Recorded sound...

a)

will always be consistent for every performance and can be accurately timed to fit cues

b)

depends entirely on what is in the download charts

c)

relies on technology and effects

30.

Sound for a production can involve...(multi answer)

a)

A musical score and voices

b)

Special effects

c)

On-stage and off-stage sound effects

d)

Theatre fire alarms

31.

If you are describing a set design you should always refer to...(multi answer)

a)

The configuration of the stage

b)

The suitability of the design for the scene being performed

c)

Materials, objects, sightlines, entrances, exits, levels

d)

How much it costs

32.

A set design should always be identified as...

a)

Abstract or naturalistic

b)

Pretty

c)

Expensive

33.

Set design could refer briefly to

a)

the ease of transitions and set changes into/from scenes

b)

painting and decorating

c)

costume designs

34.

Set design for Blood Brothers : is it fixed, or flown in/out?

a)

Fixed

b)

Both

c)

Flown in/out

35.

Set design also includes props and stage furniture. True or false?

a)

True

b)

False

36.

Costume can suggest...(multi answer)

a)

Character status, and a character's journey through the play

b)

Social-historical context, eg location, time, climate

c)

style and genre of the play

d)

how much the actors get paid

37.

Hair, masks, make-up, shoes, accessories are all part of costume design

a)

True

b)

False

38.

Choice of costume colour can be symbolic eg to convey character status

a)

True

b)

False

39.

A costume designer works...

a)

pre-production

b)

post-production

40.

How many of these are essential for any designer in theatre? Tick all which apply:(multi answer)

a)

Concept

b)

Appropriateness

c)

Inspiration & interpretation

d)

Technical requirements