Elements
As costume or set designer, it is crucial to be familiar with the _____ period the play is set in.
What is time?
____ colors suggest calmness in set and lighting design.
What are cool colors?
Every design process begins with _____ and ______ the script.
What is reading and analyzing?
These tools of sound design amplify the voices of actors onstage.
What is prop table?
These types of sets have very little physical design and attempt to use as little as possible to highlight the storytelling.
What are minimalistic sets?
Examples of this costume design element are hats, shoes, and jewelry.
What are accessories?
As a set designer, you are very limited by the amount of money you have to spend, or your ______.
What is budget?
This type of machine allows costume designers to stitch together pieces of fabric quickly.
What are sewing machines?
This is the planned movement of actors onstage
What is blocking?
Sound designers have control over the _____ of each singing performer and can edit these during the shows
What is volume?
These types of sets attempt to recreate realistic environments.
What are Box sets?
For costume designers, these are images of the characters' costumes.
What are costume sketches?
This is what costume designers use to determine the sizes of the actors so they can make the costumes to fit them.
What is measuring tape?
This is a manually operated light that follows and actor around the stage
What is a spotlight?
This is the overall shape of the costume. It is purely an outline.
What is silhouette?
A stage that is exactly evenly balanced on each side is called ______
What is symmetrical?
Each designer meets with this person to make sure their plans align with the overall vision for the play.
Who is the director?
What are boards?
What is a cue?
These are what sound designers may use to alter the sounds for a play. (ex: echo, reverb, decay, gain)
What are audio processors?
These lights are able to change direction and color. They are very expensive and MCAA has none!
What are moving lights?
Set designers build these to show what their set design may look like in 3D.
What are models?
These lights create overall color and mood in a production
What are Wash Lights?
This occurs after the last performance of a show where the entire production team helps take the set down over a few hours.
What is striking the set?