Jobs
Types of Drawings
Scenic
Lighting
Costume Design
100

Sound Designer

Who is the person responsible for the creation of sound effects, deciding when sound effects are fired, and placement of mics and speakers?

100

Types of Drawings

What are ground plans, front elevations, rear elevations, sectionals, and design drawings?

100

Scenic Designer

Who is the person responsible for the visual appearance and function of all scenic elements in a production?

100

Functions of Stage Light

What are visibility, modeling, selective focus, and mood?

100

Costume Calendar

What is the paperwork that outlines the time spent on construction and design of costumes?

200

Director

Who creates and develops the ideas that turn into the written script?

200

Sectional

What is a drawing of the set as if it were cut along an imaginary plane?
200

Properties Director

Who is the person that works with the scenic designer to design props, oversees construction and acquisition of props, and manages the prop shop

200

Color Medias

What are plastic, glass, and dichroic light filters?

200

Objective Information Provided by Clothes

What is the historical period, age, gender, socioeconomic level, occupation, climate and season?

300

Production Manager

Who is the person responsible for keeping individual production teams on track, on budget, and on time.

300
Ground plan

What is the top view of the setting that shows the position of the set in relation to the physical structure of the stage and auditorium

300

Scene-Shop Supervisor

Oversees the construction, mounting, and rigging of the scenic elements

300

Specials

What is a light used only one time throughout the show?

300

Cutter/Draper

Who is the person responsible for devising patterns for costumes?

400

Lighting Designer

Who is responsible for the design, installation, and operation of lighting and special effects in the production?

400
Detail Drawings

Larger scale drawings that show intricate features on the set

400
Considerations of Scenic Design

What is the Mood and Spirit of the Play, Locale of the Play, Historical Period, Elements of Composition, Practicalities of Setting, Socioeconomic Status and Personality of the Character, Season of the Year

400

Instrument Schedule

What is the lighting paperwork that provides all the information needed about each lighting information?

400

Practical Considerations of Costume Design

What are the needs of performer, production venue, renting costumes, buying costumes, budget, construction demands of the design, managing stock costumes.

500

Technical Director

Who is the person responsible for the maintaining of scene shop materials and equipment, purchasing construction materials, creating mechanical drawings, overseeing the construction of the set, moving the set from the scene shop to the stage, mounting the set on the stage, and overseeing the work of scenic crews during rehearsals and performances

500
Rear Elevations

What is the back view of the set that shows construction details?

500

Visual Presentations of Scenic Design

What are Sketches, Models, Computer Models, Collage, Photo Montage, Designer Plans?

500

Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight

What is a narrow beam of light that travels long distances?

500

General Considerations of Costume Design

What are costuming with stereotypes, character evolution, analyzing the script, interpretation of period, interpretation of color and fabric?