Theatre 1001 Exam 3

Painting technology available after WWII

a material that imparts color to a paint or dye

the liquid medium in which pigments, fillers, and binders are suspended to create a paint mixture; after the paint is applied, this evaporates

most common types of vehicle available

adhesive that bonds the pigment and filler to the painted surface

water-base paint with a binder based in soy protein or milk

binder used to prevent the dye from bleeding or spreading

painted binded in synthetic liquid plastic with the flexible qualities of rubber

A material that creates opacity (covering power) in paint

To pour paint back and forth between buckets to ensure a complete and uniform mix

attempting to spread paint when there is not enough on the brush

Can enhance the color they cover

Paint that is much thinner than house paint

Environmental concerns of storing paints

most common paint applicator

metal part of a brush that binds the bristle to the handle

Used to paint narrow, straight lines of varying width

painting in "x"s

provides the illusion of texture by creating an irregular, multihued base

Painting with a feather duster

process of applying small drops of paint to a surface

To apply a heavier texture to the scenery by loading an applicator with paint and touching to the scenery

Painting with a brush that holds very little paint

Can be gently pressed against the scenery to create an irregularly textured pattern

large moveable objects such as furniture, lamps, rugs, stoves, tree stumps, swings, etc.

Small items handled or carried by actors such as books, papers, dishes, fans, lanterns, etc...

Items used to enhance the setting but not specifically touched or used by the actors such as windows, curtains, pictures, knickknacks, and books in a bookcase are all examples of this category

The decorative props used for (or the action of) enhancing the setting of a theatre production

Ways to acquire props

Items used to simulate actual props for a show during rehearsal process; actual props are normally introduced at the end of rehearsal process to reduce the wear and tear on them before seen onstage

Complete listing of all the props needed for the show

Set up offstage to keep props on until they are used onstage

Furniture kept in storage to be re-used again and again

Fabric that is placed over furniture

Top horizontal curtain that covers the curtain rod

Heavy vertical curtain framing window or opening

thin gauze curtain hanging across window opening to soften sunlight and obscure view into rooms

One of the oldest and cheapest craft techniques

Thin plastic heat formed around a mold with the use of a vacuum

Can be used to create multiple copies of a wide variety of objects

Plaster of paris in semiliquid state, dries to a hardened plaster finish

Cutting foam into molding shapes

Warming plastic until it becomes flexible enough to bend

Formed by coating glass fiber with polyester or epoxy resin

Skeletal structure to hold covering materials in desired shape or alignment

modifying the appearance of a prop to suggest age and show wear-and-tear on the object

a lens with one flat and one outward-curving face

Lens cut on the plano side; lighter, more efficient

Step lens with the glass cut from the convex side; creates a soft, diffused light

to soften the appearance of light by using a translucent filtering element to scatter the rays

Three parts to a lamp

light-producing element of a lamp; usually made of tungsten wire

Pyrex glass or synthetic quartz container for a lamp filament and gaseous environment

Glass envelope filled with inert gas

Synthetic quartz envelope filled with a chemically active gas (replenishes tungsten filament)

Electric arc produced between two electrodes, not dimmable, used on followspots and some special purpose units

Plastic color media

Glass color filters for striplights

Reflects unwanted color from light

Narrow beam capable of traveling long distances

Shell of an ellipsoidal reflector spotlight

thin metal template inserted into an ellipsoidal reflector spotlight to project a shadow pattern of light

Ellipsoidal reflector floodlight

high intensity, hard-edged beam of light

Allows the changing of color of a followspot

Mechanical dimming device used in followspots

to rotate an object about its vertical axis

To rotate an object about its horizontal axis; to pan vertically

Putting two or more dimmers/channels under one controller

device that effects a gradual changeover from one circuit to another

Gradual increase; usually from darkness to a predetermined level of brightness

Gradual decrease; usually from a set level of brightness to darkness

A fade-in which the fade-up and fade-out are accomplished at different rates of speed

Refers to the time interval that the second part of a split time fade follows the first

Designing the light cues

Smallest type of connector

An electrical Y that has a female receptacles at the top of the Y and a male plug at the bottom leg of the Y; used to connect two instruments to the same circuit

flow or movement of electrons through a superconductor

unit of measurement of electrical current

difference in electrical charge between two bodies; measured in volts

unit of measurement of electrical potential

Volt

origin of electrical potential, such as a battery or 120-volt wall outlet

device that converts electrical energy into another form of energy

pathway through which the current follows as it flows from the negative to the positive terminal of the source

Opposition to electron flow within a circuit

Ohm's Law

unit of measurement for resistance

Unit of measurement in power

used to determine how much power will be consumed by an electric circuit

Device used to protect a circuit from overload; has a soft metal strip that melts, breaking circuit continuity

device used to protect a circuit from an overload; has a magnetic device that trips open, breaking circuit continuity

when electron flow is in one direction only

When electron flow periodically changes direction