I already posted this in the Theatre Group, but I am beyond desperate for help.
I am taking stagecraft in the summer to get it over with (I hate tech work.) but the course goes really really really fast. We study 8 million units in 2 days, then have a test, and we don't have textbook so studying is very difficult-google isn't a big help, either. I desperately need the help of all you designers and tech guys. I have a test tomorrow that I really don't want to fail. So I have a couple of questions that aren't in my notes and I can't find them on the net.
drops:
1.what are the five parts of a scenic drop?
2.what are three types of drops?
3.what are legs and borders?
4.what do we use in stage curtains to weight the bottom? what do we use for drops?
flats:
1.how do we attach mulsin to a standard flat?
2.what is the process to attach luan to a hollywood flat?
3.what is the sill iron made out of?
platforms:
1.what is the standard decking for a platform?
2.what is facing?
3.what are revolves, jackknife wagons and tracked wagons?
oh, how I hate this class. help would be greatly appreciated.
These points are from me, and are my best guesses. As I am not a scenic or theatre tech. I am only a painter. But I have spent plenty of time around this crap, and if you have no other ideas, you can go with these answers. OF COURSE if anyone else says something BESIDES what I say, go with them, as they probably know better. Good luck!
I believe most people use chains run through a pocket at the bottom of curtains to weight them. It makes it heavy at the bottom without keeping it from being stiff.
When I put muslin on a flat, I use glue and staples.
Luan goes on with glue and drywall screws.
To the best of my knowlege, sill irons are made of steel.
Standard decking is plywood. Facing is luan on the front edge of a platform or stage, so the audience can't see underneath. Usually luan.
A revolve is a piece of scenery that spins around, so the back can be used. Sometimes on casters, although painters hate these because they tear up the floor paint treatment.
A jackknife is a piece of scenery that folds up accordian style. A tracked one would slide off, the way you open a sliding glass door to get to the patio.
gutterman said:
These points are from me, and are my best guesses. As I am not a scenic or theatre tech. I am only a painter. But I have spent plenty of time around this crap, and if you have no other ideas, you can go with these answers. OF COURSE if anyone else says something BESIDES what I say, go with them, as they probably know better. Good luck!
I believe most people use chains run through a pocket at the bottom of curtains to weight them. It makes it heavy at the bottom without keeping it from being stiff.
When I put muslin on a flat, I use glue and staples.
Luan goes on with glue and drywall screws.
To the best of my knowlege, sill irons are made of steel.
Standard decking is plywood. Facing is luan on the front edge of a platform or stage, so the audience can't see underneath. Usually luan.
A revolve is a piece of scenery that spins around, so the back can be used. Sometimes on casters, although painters hate these because they tear up the floor paint treatment.
A jackknife is a piece of scenery that folds up accordian style. A tracked one would slide off, the way you open a sliding glass door to get to the patio.
legs and borders should be the narrow curtains on either side of the stage. they don't move across to "close", but rather form the "wings" (in which the actors wait).
you attach muslin by stretching across a frame and stapling.
drops? I'm wracking my brain, but I know that scrims, backdrops, and some grand drapes come down as drops.
sorry I can't help more. it's been awhile since I was involved in technical theatre (a good 8 years or so).
I think these are all the things that were missed:
Borders go across the top of the stage. Legs are on either side.
Tracked wagons are... ba bum! Wagons on tracks! They are wheeled platforms that run in some sort of groove or track so that you can move large sets into and out of the wings quickly.
For drops, we use pipes run through a pocket at the bottom of the drop.
Hexe
HOPEFUL
I'm lost
JUL 06, 2005 11:23 AM