Download Basic Stages, Light, Sound Information

Alden Burroughs
Light & Sound Unit
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Thrust: wraparound theater space where the stage extends out into the
audience and the spectators view the action from three sides.
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Proscenium: picture-frame acting area with all of the audience sitting and
facing the stage
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In-the-round: an arena style production in which the audience surrounds
the acting stage, and the actors use the various aisles for exits and entrances
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Black Box: flexible room for theater performances where the audience
seating and playing areas can be rearranged in any way that suits the needs of
the individual production
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Found Space: acting/audience space that was designed for another
purpose. Productions in the streets, bus terminals, gymnasiums, parks, and the
like are said to use found spaces.
Thrust
In-the-round
Proscenium
Black Box
Found Space
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ERS: a type of lighting instrument
that produces a sharp-edged beam
using an ellipsoidal reflector and
one or more lenses
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Par Can: a very simple lighting
instrument, basically an automobile
headlight in a metal housing
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Fresnel: a type of lens that has
concentric circular ribs on it that
cast a soft-edged beam of light;
usually used on the first pipe batten
just upstage from the teaser to
blend together lighting areas
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Gobos: metal cutout that
creates a simple pattern when
placed on the aperture of an
ellipsoidal reflector spotlight
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Gels: color medium made of
dyed animal material. It is
used to change the color in
any stage lighting instrument.
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Gel Frame: the metal frame
the holds the color filter
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Students will get into groups of 3-5 and select
a show that you would want to do in the
different type of theatrical spaces. Draw a
rough ground plan of the different spaces and
also include why that show would be
appropriate in that type of space.
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List two facts you learned about the different
type of Theater spaces and Lighting
instruments
Alden Burroughs
Light and Sound Unit
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Microphone: an
instrument capable of
transforming sound
waves into changes in
electric current or
voltage, used in
recording or
transmitting sound
Sound Mixer: a piece of
equipment designed for
mixing sound
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Speaker: an electro
acoustic device that is
connected as a
component in an audio
system, its function
being to make speech or
music audible
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Sound Designer: the
person who operates the
sound system during a
performance
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Sound Effects: any
sound, other than music
or speech, artificially
reproduced to create an
effect in a dramatic
presentation
Mood: a state or quality
of feeling at a particular
time
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Ground Plan: Is a “blue
print” of the set design
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A ground plan is what
the set designer
develops and refers to
when talking about and
actually building the
set.