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How do actors, directors, technicians & designers talk about their work? They speak the language of STAGECRAFT ©2006 EvaMedia, Inc. DRAMATIC MEDIA are … • Means of telling stories by way of stage, film, videotape, DVD, radio, television, or computer. to AUDITION is … • To try out for a role • Also called ‘reading’ for a part a CALL BACK is … • Getting a second audition for the same role • Similar to ‘making the cut’ in a sports tryout BLOCKING is … • The path an actor creates on stage • Usually determined by the director (with assistance from actor) • Often written down in a script using common theatrical symbols (X R means ‘cross down right’) a CUE is … • Something that precedes and prompts the next line or action • A signal to the actors to begin what happens next • Can be visual or aural ELECTRICS are … • Stage lights, including their mounts and wiring a BLACKOUT is … • All stage lights go off simultaneously and suddenly • More abrupt than ‘fade to black’ PROPS are … • Any objects, except costumes & scenery, used onstage • Can be hand props or set pieces DRESS REHEARSAL is … • Same as performance, but without an audience (usually) • A run-through of the whole show with tech, props & costumes in place DICTION is … • Selection & clear pronunciation of words • SPEAKING CLEARLY PROJECTION is … • How well the voice carries to the audience • SPEAKING LOUDLY ACOUSTICS means … • The quality of sound in a room, theatre, or performance space the HOUSE is … • Where the audience sits FRONT OF HOUSE is … • Box office & lobby of a theatre the STAGE is … • The acting area • Where the actors perform There are 3 kinds of STAGES: • Proscenium •Thrust •Arena PROSCENIUM is … • The most common type of stage • Walls that ‘frame’ the front of the acting area are called the ‘proscenium arch’ P R O S C E N I U M A R C H PROSCENIUM ARCH WINGS (offstage) STAGE (ACTING AREA) P R O S C E N I U M A R C H HOUSE APRON (front view) a THRUST stage is … HOUSE (overhead view) HOUSE HOUSE STAGE • Acting area extended into the house with audience seated on three sides an ARENA stage … • Has audience seated on all sides • Is sometimes called ‘theatre in the round’ (overhead view) BACKSTAGE is … • Hidden by scenery, walls or proscenium • Where cast & crew can work unseen by the audience • Dressing rooms here • Also called ‘wings,’ ‘offstage’ or ‘off’ DOWNSTAGE is … • Area of the stage closest to the audience (UPSTAGE is stage area farthest from audience) STAGE DIRECTIONS … apron (front-of-stage) DOWN LEFT DOWN CENTER DOWN RIGHT LEFT RIGHT CENTER CENTER CENTER UP LEFT UP CENTER UP RIGHT • Standard, universal • Prevents confusion • Saves rehearsal time • Indicates locations for actors, props, scenery. • From actor’s perspective when facing audience (overhead view) the COMPANY is … • Everyone associated with the production