Space = a Place Available for a Particular Purpose

2nd 6 Weeks Vocab

Intro Week

Space = A place available for a particular purpose.

Environment = The sum total of all design elements, shapes the specific location of the narrative.

Element = A smaller, individual component of the overall design.

Plan = The sequence of events developed to facilitate multiple elements coming together.

Technology = The ways in which people provide themselves with the “stuff” of their culture

Wing space = The offstage side areas.

Sightlines = Imaginary lines that determine how much of the stage is visible from the audience.

Fly system = A system of pulleys and lines used to move objects into or out of the audience’s view (up or down).

Booth = The area of a theater where the lighting and sound operators generally run the show.

House = Where the audience sits

2 Raked Stage = The stage is set on an incline. The lowest part is generally closest to the audience with the highest part being away.

Trap = A section of the stage floor which allows passage up or down (usually hidden)

Wagon = A rolling platform on which scenic elements are placed.

Revolve = A stage which can be rotated to change the set.

Masking = A curtain or wall placed to hide anything behind it from the audience

Casters = Wheels bolted on to a scenic element enabling it to be rolled.

Cyc / cyclorama = Soft scenic element, furthest upstage, generally lit for sky effects or changing the background color.

Drop = Large soft scenic element, hung from a batten.

Scrim = A very light scenic material which both reflects and transmits light.

Spike = A mark to show where, and in what position, something moveable belongs on stage.

4 Legging = Bolting or screwing legs onto an item to elevate it.

Scabbing = Attaching two things together which are placed next to each other, sometimes by using small pieces of material.

Crew = A group of people organized to be responsible for the actual work of bringing the designers plans to completion.

Strike= The time after the run when all of the technical elements are taken apart and put away.

Deconstruction = The process of carefully taking all of the elements apart so that materials may be reused.

Skene = The permanent building at the back of the orchestra with three front entrances and one on either side in which actors changed costumes.

Secular = Non-religious in nature.

Perspective = A two dimensional artistic method used to create the illusion of depth.

Gaslight = Light produced by the combustion of flammable gas.

Style = A particular, distinctive, or characteristic form of construction or execution in any art or work.