Deck 9: The Art of Design

Question 1

Designers will often use this computer program to work on the design for a production.

Answer 1

CAD

Question 2

With this theatrical style the audience sees the story through the mind of one character. Settings may be distorted by the character's conscious or subconscious phobias, prejudices, or psychoses.

A) Realism
B) Naturalism
C) Surrealism
D) Symbolism
E) Expressionism

Answer 2

E

Question 3

The part of the proscenium stage that extends into the audience's side of the picture frame is called the _____.

Answer 3

lip or apron

Question 4

The space above a theatre's stage is called the fly system. What are the sides of the stage called?

A) Land systems
B) Legs
C) Wings
D) Hips
E) Aprons

Question 5

Not all theatre takes place in theatres-sometimes it is performed in churches, town squares, basements, warehouses, gymnasiums, jails, or subway stations. What are these type of theatrical spaces called?

A) Found or created spaces
B) Non-theatrical spaces
C) Concept spaces
D) Allegorical spaces
E) Thematic Theatres

Question 6

Which type of theatre has the stage in the middle, like an island surrounded on all sides by audience?

A) Realistic Theatre
B) Proscenium arch
C) Arena Theatre
D) Thrust Stage
E) Black Box

Question 7

Which type of theatre is sometimes called a "picture frame" theatre"?

A) Realistic Theatre
B) Proscenium arch
C) Arena Theatre
D) Thrust Stage
E) Black Box

Question 8

In which form of realism do some design elements appear authentic, while other elements are stylized?

Question 9

What are the two basic categories of stage lighting?

A) Bright and dim
B) Emotional and expressive
C) Theatrical and sun light
D) Motivated and unmotivated
E) Vertical and horizontal

Question 10

Early gas-powered spotlights were often called…

A) GasX
B) Chatter lights
C) Liquid lights
D) Limelights
E) Turbine lights

Question 11

What are the two basic types of makeup?

A) Theatrical and melodramatic
B) Men and women
C) Straight and character
D) Highlight and low light
E) Corrective and standard

Question 12

Once the designs are agreed upon, the costume designer creates detailed sketches or even paintings of what the costume will look like. These sketches indicate how each costume is shaped, where seams and folds are, how the costume flows, and what fabrics are to be used. What are these detailed sketches or paintings called?

Question 13

The curtains that conceal offstage spaces are called…

A) Suppression curtains
B) Privacy curtains
C) Legs and teasers
D) Flats and curves
E) None of the above

Question 14

With which theatrical style is the subconscious of the characters emphasized in the design?

Question 15

Which reusable set unit is often made of wooden frames covered with canvas, muslin or plywood?

A) Legs
B) Levels
C) Units
D) Flats
E) Props