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Ancient uses of costuming served primarily to


A) separate the actors from the audience.
B) distinguish individual characters.
C) demonstrate historical accuracy.
D) communicate particular attitudes.

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The production stage manager presides over the working and timing of lighting cues,ensuring that the lights support the play's action and aesthetic.

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Turntables,elevators,hoists,rolling carts,and wagons,which are all used as scenic elements to accompany and support the dramatic action,are collectively called


A) scrims.
B) portable sets.
C) stage machinery.
D) cycloramas.

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The proscenium stage format reached its highest realization in the


A) Royal and Romantic eras.
B) Victorian era.
C) absurdist era.
D) postmodern era.

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What kind of scenery attempts to depict,in great detail,a specific time and place in the observable world where the play's events are presumed to take place?


A) metaphorical
B) realistic
C) surreal
D) picturesque

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Which of the following types of stage is completely surrounded by the audience?


A) thrust
B) proscenium
C) arena
D) metaphorical

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Discuss the relationship between new technological innovations and live theatre.What contributions have new breakthroughs in digital technology made to scene design? In what ways might such innovation prove problematic for design?

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What is NOT an example of projection design as it existed before its contemporary usage?


A) Shakespeare's plays using shadows in front of lanterns to simulate monsters
B) Bertolt Brecht using slide projections in Mother Courage and Galileo
C) Tennessee Williams calling for screens with slides of images or titles in The Glass Menagerie
D) Wendell Harrington designing 34 Broadway productions since his 1979 breakthrough design of They're Playing Our Song

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Describe the possible process of a scenic designer in creating a look for a play and the importance of creative collaboration.What does a designer look for when reading through a play's text before production of any kind has begun?

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Realistic costuming took over when which of the following became a major guiding principle in drama?


A) the expression of the individual consciousness
B) social expression
C) historical accuracy
D) psychological accuracy

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A list of occasions referred to by number,keyed to the script of the play to indicate changes in intensity or use,is called a light plot.

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The order and process of developing a design for a play could be summarized by which of the following series of steps?


A) reading the play,researching,imagining,creating a physical presentation,collaborating,approving for the budget,ensuring viability,implementing
B) collaborating,reading,creating a model,approving the budget
C) approving the budget,creating a sample,reading the play,collaborating,implementing
D) reading,imagining,implementing

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The most exciting new development in lighting design is LED technology.

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All of the following are elements the scenic designer might take into consideration when creating the visual presentation of the staging EXCEPT


A) color.
B) scale.
C) textures.
D) underscoring.

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Choose a play with which you are familiar,set in a time period prior to 1950.Describe the processes of designing costumes and fully preparing them for performance.Discuss design considerations and processes,sources of costumes,and the process of preparation.

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Platforms,flats,and drapery are the traditional building blocks of fixed stage scenery.

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Design for any show begins with


A) the ideas of the director,commonly known as a concept statement.
B) brainstorming from the actors.
C) the producer.
D) the stage manager.

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A plan or series of plans showing the placement of each lighting instrument-its type,wattage,size,wiring and connection to a dimmer,and color-is called


A) a scrim.
B) a cyclorama.
C) a light plot.
D) a light plan.

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The Broadway production of War Horse won separate Tony Awards for best play,direction,scenery,costume and sound design,but not for its


A) incredible acting.
B) use of children playing adults.
C) magnificent projections and puppets.
D) stage management.

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The traditional materials of stage scenery are wood,canvas,and paint.

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