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Stagecraft Final Review

This review covers essential stagecraft concepts, including stage directions, types of stages (proscenium, black box, arena), and color theory. It explains the significance of downstage and upstage, and differentiates between traveler and curtain movements. Learn how to identify sets, read ground plans, and understand the basic principles of perspective. With a focus on the color wheel, including primary, secondary, and tertiary colors, this guide is designed to help students master the foundational elements of stage design and preparation.

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Stagecraft Final Review

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  1. Stagecraft Final Review Draw a Line An Inch from the left margin. Write the notes on the right and ask questions on the left

  2. Stage Directions • From actors perspective • Downstage is CLOSER to the audience b/c stages used to be raked aka slanted up and away from the audience for sight lines

  3. Parts of a stage • Traveler vs. Curtain • Traveler moves left and right • Curtain moves up and down

  4. Parts of a stage…you should know • Border • Wings • Backdrop • Flat • Fly Rail

  5. Types of stages • Proscenium • Black Box • Arena • Thrust • In the round • Amphitheatre • Traverse

  6. Types of stages • You should be able to identify: • Name • What it looks like • Basic Pros • Basic Cons For Example: Which type of stage creates a picture frame? Answer: Proscenium

  7. The Color Wheel • Primaries: • Red • Yellow • Blue • Secondaries: • Orange • Green • Violet/Purple • Tertiaries (Primary goes first): • Yellow-Orange • Red-Orange • Red-Violet • Blue-Violet • Blue-Green • Yellow-Green

  8. Color Wheel • You should know: • How to fill in the color wheel • 3 Primaries • 3 Secondaries • 6 Tertiary colors • Complementary colors • Blue-Orange (Thinks the Mets) • Yellow-Purple (Think the Lakers) • Red-Green (Think Christmas)

  9. Color Wheel As you move closer to the center of the circle, each color gets darker. It is the SAME color, but a different HUE Hue = Shading from dark to light

  10. Sets • You should know • Types of sets • Unit • Minimal • Prism • Box • Permanent • Curtain • Ground Plans • Set Vocab

  11. Sets • Ground Plans • Eight Parts • Title • Walls/Furniture • Author/Designer • Revision # and Date • Orientation • Location • Scale • Key • How to read a ground plan • Draw a ground plan correctly

  12. Drawing • One Point and Two Point Perspective • Vocab • Horizon Line • Vanishing Point • Orthogonal Lines • You should be able to recognize the difference between one and two point perspective

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