TERMINOLOGY "S"
Twinkle, Twinkle
Little Star
A QUESTION OF TASTE
THEATRE HODGEPODGE
Norwegian Native
100
Report provided by stage management detailing any problems from the previous performance; actors and technical staff receive copies so that problems can be addressed.
What is a show report?
100
Invented by Louis Hartmann THIS was followed by Thomas Edison's invention of a concentrated filament for use in a spotlight.
What is the baby lens?
100
This is a philosophy that questions the legitimacy of a person's notions of what is pleasing to his or her tastes.
What is aesthetic judgment?
100
Code used by the Lighting Industry Forum to identify the recommended usage of various lamps; these lamps are those recommended for projection.
What is A1?
100
This Norwegian native was not only a modern dramatist, but also a theatre manager and philosopher.
Who is Henrik Ibsen?
200
Lines that are drawn on plans and diagrams to identify the areas of the stage that are visible to the extreme seating areas of the audience.
What are the sightlines?
200
By the end of the 1920's, THESE were the predominant form of lighting.
What are spotlights?
200
Early puritanical thought equated beauty with THIS which was seen as evil.
What is pleasure?
200
ALD
What is the Association of Lighting Designers?
200
Ibsen's work was prone to this.
What is reflect his changing ideals? (i.e. in one work he might proclaim the values of ideals and in another work he would deem such values worthless - this contradictory message is in his work entitled Enemy of the People stating that most truths become obsolete within 20 years.)
300
Light filter used to stretch light in a particular direction.
What is a silk?
300
Often referred to as father of the American scene design, he used minimal scenery but dramatic lighting effects. One of his most memorable pieces was his staging of Macbeth; the entire performance took place on a bare stage with three giant moveable masks gazing down on the performance. He used only single spotlights to isolate the acting areas.
Who is Robert Edmond Jones?
300
This philosopher proposed that beauty should be judged both for its subjectivity and universality.
Who is Immanuel Kant?
300
His work drew upon both current and classical theories of the organization of the universe and man's place within it.
Who is William Shakespeare?
300
"Nora, are those macaroons in your pocket?"
What is A Doll's House?
400
Refers to a cue that has no fade time; usually a lighting or sound cue.
What is a snap?
400
Also called ellipsoidal reflector spotlights, these lights can provide hard-edged beams of light. They offer beams that have a fixed size with a high intensity and very little stray light. Templates or stencils called gobos can be inserted into these to cast a specific image or affect.
What are profile spots?
400
This Scottish philosopher stated that "tragedy could be a pleasurable experience because even though it evokes a sense of sadness, it also produces a sense of delight in the viewing of a theatrical production. He further claimed that the conflicting emotions of pleasure and displeasure are balanced by each other and that balanced emotion results in pleasure.
Who is David Hume?
400
This light offers a semi-hard-edged beam - like profile spots, they have no stray light.
What is the pebble convex?
400
Ibsen extolled the value of the individual and each person's right to this.
What is choose his/her own path in life?
500
Refers to an oration by an actor on stage when they are speaking to themselves.
What is a soliloquy?
500
This spot offers a soft-edged beam with a controllable size - used in adjacent stage areas because the soft edges allow the lighting to overlap any hard edges.
What is the Fresnel spot?
500
As the idea of aesthetic judgment evolved, it became the consensus that a person should not like something because it was pleasurable to his or her senses; instead, liking something should be supported by that person's ability to associate that object with his or her ____ & ____ .
What are education and knowledge?
500
THESE are used when an intense and fixed beam of light is needed; they can be compared to the headlights on cars. THIS light is used to flood a large area of light.
What are pars? What is a flood light?
500
Ibsen believed that the true destiny of each man and the ultimate source of happiness lay within this.
What is being true to one's self?
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