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Designer's Elevation or Front Elevation
is a front view of each individual piece of scenery
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Painter's Elevation
is a copy of the front elevation which has been rendered to indicate the color and painting techniques which are to be applied to the final set
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Rear Elevation
a scaled drawing of the back of the scenery. It is the guide used by the shop carpenters to build the setting
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proscenium
actor is on a raised platform in front of the audience
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thrust stage
actor is surrounded on three sides by the audience-- the fourth side contains the scenery.
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arena theatre
actor is totally surrounded by the audience
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continental seating
aisles on left and right at the end of long rows
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american seating
contains aisles that go down the center of a row
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proscenium arch
The arch (or "picture frame") which separates the acting area (stage) from the audience area (house or auditorium
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apron
the narrow stage space in front of the act curtain
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wings
the backstage space on either side of the acting area
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fly loft
the backstage space above the acting area.
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grid
the I beams which form the "ceiling" of the stage house. Pulleys that hold the lines of the rigging system are clamped to the grid
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cove, or ceiling beam
the front-of-house mounting position, usually cut into the ceiling of the auditorium, where lighting instruments are hung to light the front edge of the stage.
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center line
marks the center of the stage. It is one of the two reference lines used when locating points on the stage
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plaster line
- the second reference line. It extends from the upstage corner of the stage left proscenium arch to the upstage corner of the stage right proscenium arch
- (Basically, if the stage were a room, the line on the floor where the wall between the stage and the audience would go)
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What is the difference between a rendering and an elevation?
A rendering is basically a drawing, an elevation shows how to build it.
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What is a scenic designer's job?
- develop a colored rendering or build a scale model *
- draft the ground plan and designer's elevations *
- create a color and texture for the general background
- determine number and location of scenic pieces
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on a ground plan...
- a squiggly line indicates a curtain
- it is a bird's-eye view of the set
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what does AP mean?
Ante-proscenium; basically it means in front of the scenery
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dead hung system
dead hung systems have the pipe permanently chained to the grid
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how to move and put up a flat
- need 2 people. you can table it (carry it like a table) or you can carry it upright with each person's hands as high and low as they can go (1 hand high, 1 hand low)
- to put up your flat you "walk it up". 1 person puts their foot against the end as leverage and the other person slowly moves the flat upright.
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what is 3/4" plywood used for?
platform tops
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What type of wood are flats made out of?
1 by 4
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what type of wood are platforms made out of?
2 by 4
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what kind of wood is used to top a flat?
luon
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what is the cut list for a 4 x 8 flat?
- rails: 2 @ 4' (rails are ALWAYS 4 ft on this test)
- stiles: 2 @ 7' - 10 1/2 "
- toggles: 1 @ 3'- 10 1/2" (this will ALWAYS be toggle measurement for flats)
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what increment are toggles placed on flats?
what about platforms?
- every 4 ft on flats
- every 2 ft on platforms
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cut list for a 4x8 platform
- Rails: 2 @ 4'
- stiles: 2 @ 7'-9"
- toggles: 3 @ 3'- 9"
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running feet
how long the boards are end to end if you line them all up. get running feet by adding up the length of each piece of wood.
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formula for board feet
- how long (running feet) x how wide (type of wood) / 12
- so simplified: running feet x width / 12
- * type of wood means if you are using 2x4 lumber, your wood width is 4.
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