Rigging
A metal pipe used to hang lighting instruments, set pieces, drapes, etc.
What is a Batten?
a thin metal object used to create shapes in lighting when inserted into a lighting instrument
What is 3 pin XLR cable?
one aspect of this job is to help with quick changes during a performance
What is Wardrobe crew member?
This is used to balance the weight of linesets and sits in the arbor on a lineset.
These are the long wires that hold the batten
What are Pick lines?
This is the hardware on the side of a source 4 ellipsoidal's yoke used to pan the light from side to side.
What is a Pan Screw?
When turning on the Sound system in our particular theatre, this is the order to turn on the sound system
What is Computer, Board, Left sound tower, right sound tower?
This type of Paperwork keeps track of when actors enter and exit the stage in each scene.
What is a character/scene breakdown? (pull up example if possible)
a ratchet tool with a series of detachable sockets for tightening and loosening nuts of different sizes
What is a socket wrench?
The line that an operator pulls to move, position or hold a counterbalanced load
What is a Purchase line?
This device is used to control light spill and to shield the audience from the direct source of light.
What is a top hat? (less commonly called a stove pipe, or snoot).
After turning on our sound system, what is the next step you must do in order for the sound to work?
Push the main matrix 1-8 button that is in between the fader decks, it is the last button on the bottom, then push the last two faders up to zero.
This tool is used to remove seams in garments
What is a seam ripper?
This set piece is typically made with a 1x4 frame and luan facing, and is typically used for walls.
what is a flat?
Position/area where operator uses the fly system
what is the fly rail?
This device is to shutter lights that originally do not have shuttering capabilities
Barn doors
If a director asks to "make the music quieter, until it goes out", how would a sound designer/Qlab programmer translate that?
Add a fade cue so that it fades out at a specific time over a specific length of time.
a stretchy piece of material with a loop used to hold mic packs under costumes
Mic Belt
This person's main job is to make sure rehearsals go smoothly
What is a Stage manager?
lineset 21 is currently in weight. the batten is lowered down and 5 lighting instruments are added. each lighting instrument weights about 15 pounds. If Each arbor weight weights about 30 pounds, how many arbor weights will you need to load onto the arbor to balance the lineset?
3 arbor weights. 5 lights is about 75 lbs. 3 arbor weights will be 90 pounds. you will notice that the lineset is not perfectly balanced. However, it is better for the lineset to be arbor heavy than batten heavy.
Describe the process of programming a fader on a light board, assuming lights have been already patched into channels.
Describe the process to set up a microphone for our specific theatre
Turn sound system on. turn channel box on. Plug in male end of xlr cable to the xlr input on the channel box onstage. Plug in female end to the microphone. assuming the channel box is aready routed correctly, unmute the channel that the microphone is routed to, and test microphone.
Scenario: You are the costume Designer for a period show, and sticking with the designs of the period is very important to you. The director brings in a hat that they want a certain character to use that is not time period appropriate, and clashes with your design. What do you do?
1. tactfully and kindly tell the director that the hat he picks out is does not fit the time period, and would look out of place.
the director responds that he thinks it is perfect for this character's personality though, and wants to use it anyway, because who else will notice this one hat isn't from the time period the show is in?
2. you can try to convince further by explaining that it is important to you that the few who will recognize the discrepancies in period pieces.
3. if the director still insists, drop it. it is ultimately the directors decision, because it is the director's vision we are trying to create.
What is the difference between a Hollywood flat and a Broadway flat?
(see pictures)