Blocking and sets
The process of deciding and directing an actor's movement during a scene.
What is blocking?
The outfit and accessories a character wears.
What is a costume?
The main makeup product applied to the lips.
What is lipstick?
The person in charge of blocking.
Who is the director?
This year's spring musical.
What is Once Upon a Mattress?
The shorthand for an entrance onto the stage in blocking notation.
What is ENT?
A color associated with love and anger.
What is red?
What is foundation?
The people responsible for moving set pieces between scenes of a play or musical.
What is stage crew?
The biggest makeup challenge of last year's ancestors in the Addams' Family.
What is white face paint?
The #1 priority of all set construction and design.
What is cast and crew safety?
A method of acquiring costumes that may not be easy to buy or find in your closet.
What is costume rental?
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What is sewing?
The pattern of dark and light accents outlining the bones of the face, that allows you to avoid looking flat-faced on stage.
What is contour?
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What is chiaroscuro?
The person responsible for managing stage crew and tech and ensuring actors are in their correct places.
Who is the stage manager?
GVHS's method of costuming.
What are costume lists provided to actors, who then provide their own costume?
A simple, versatile set piece, often used for bushes, crates, or similar background items.
What are boxes?
An important consideration for shoes when planning costumes for a musical.
What is, can you dance in them?
The most difficult makeup problem when working with high school actors.
What is age makeup?
An important safety note when using stage paint.
The most difficult set piece of this year's musical.
What is the bed?
One of the two methods of teaching blocking to actors while rehearsing a scene.
What is:
1. Explain in advance, then run the scene.
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2. Run the scene, pausing to explain blocking.
A selection of hues for a character's outfit that will enhance their character.
What is color palette?
This color of stage lighting, often used for nighttime scenes, will turn rouge purple-black.
What is blue?
The group in charge of providing the instrumental music in a musical.
What is the pit orchestra?
There is a large metal door that is rarely closed between these two places in the theatre area.
What are the stage and the set shop?