National Four/Five Drama

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National Four/FiveDrama

• Vocabulary Revision

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Question One

• What is the name for a canvas cloth which covers
  the back of the stage and can be painted?

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Question Two

• Deciding where and when actors will move on stage
  is called what?

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Question Three

• What is the back wall of the stage which can be
  painted or lit named?

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Question Four

• What is the name given to actions or remarks
  whose significance is not realised by all the
  characters?

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Question Five

• What type of theatre is it when the audience
  suggest changes to a drama in order to affect
  outcomes?

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Question Six

• Any job in the theatre which involves dealing
  with the audience e.g. box office, refreshments,
  usher is called?

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Question Seven

• See-through material which cannot be seen through
  when lit from the front, but can be seen through
  when lit from behind is named as what?

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Question Eight

• What is a clamp used to secure a lantern to a
  lighting bar or stand called?

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Question Nine

• What is the name for the control desk for sound
  effects being used in a drama?

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Question Ten

• What is the Person who has written the play
  called?

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Question Eleven

• What is the master copy of the script with all
  moves and technical effects included named?

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Question Twelve

• What is the term given to the left hand side of
  the stage where prompter and stage manager sit
  during performance ?

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Question Thirteen

• What do you call the slope of stage (to allow
  actors to be seen)?

BIG HINT!
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Question Fourteen

• A stage which turns in a circle is given what
  name?

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Question Fifteen

• What is the name given to movements which follow
  a pattern or beat?

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Question Sixteen

• What is used to attach a lantern to the lighting
  bar for safety?

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Question Seventeen

• Identify the three special effects from the
  images below

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Question Eighteen

• What is the term for removing all of the set from
  the acting area?

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Question Nineteen

• What is a piece of scenery on wheels for ease of
  movement named?

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Question Twenty

• What are the sides of a theatre stage called?

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Answers

• Well done!
• Not check to see how many you have correct.

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Question One

• What is the name for a canvas cloth which covers
  the back of the stage and can be painted?

Backcloth
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Question Two

• Deciding where and when actors will move on stage
  is called what?

Blocking
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Question Three

• What is the back wall of the stage which can be
  painted or lit named ?

Cyclorama
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Question Four

• What is the name given to actions or remarks
  whose significance is not realised by all the
  characters?

Dramatic Irony
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Question Five

• What type of theatre is it when the audience
  suggest changes to a drama in order to affect
  outcomes?

Forum Theatre
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Question Six

• Any job in the theatre which involves dealing
  with the audience e.g. box office, refreshments,
  usher is called?

Front of House
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Question Seven

• See-through material which cannot be seen through
  when lit from the front, but can be seen through
  when lit from behind is named as what?

Gauze
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Question Eight

• What is a clamp used to secure a lantern to a
  lighting bar or stand called?

G- clamp
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Question Nine

• What is the name for the control desk for sound
  effects being used in a drama?

Mixing desk
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Question Ten

• What is the Person who has written the play
  called?

Playwright
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Question Eleven

• What is the master copy of the script with all
  moves and technical effects included named?

Prompt copy
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Question Twelve

• What is the term given to the left hand side of
  the stage where prompter and stage manager sit
  during performance ?

Prompt side
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Question Thirteen

• What do you call the slope of stage (to allow
  actors to be seen)?

BIG HINT!
Rake
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Question Fourteen

• A stage which turns in a circle is given what
  name?

Revolving stage
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Question Fifteen

• What is the name given to movements which follow
  a pattern or beat?

Rhythm
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Question Sixteen

• What is used to attach a lantern to the lighting
  bar for safety?

Safety chain
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Question Seventeen

• Identify the three special effects from the
  images below

Mirror ball
Strobe light
Smoke machine
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Question Eighteen

• What is the term for removing all of the set from
  the acting area?

Strike
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Question Nineteen

• What is a piece of scenery on wheels for ease of
  movement named?

Truck
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Question Twenty

• What are the sides of a theatre stage called?

Wings