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Scenic Art basics

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Hard Scenery   anything that is framed by hard material, flats and platforms  
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Theatrical Flats   Hard Scenery, uses keystones, cornerblocks and toggles to keep it together  
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TV/Hollywood Flats   Framing is on edge, hard covered  
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Reveal   around window/door to make the flat look thicker  
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Sil Iron   Strip of iron on the bottom of the door flat  
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standard Platforms size   4ftx8ft  
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Stress skin platform   2x2 frame 1/2" ply on both sides, low profile  
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Parallels platform   Collapsible boxes for decks and platforms  
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Soft scenery   Scenery with no framing  
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Drape   Curtains, Masking, has vertical seems, made of velor  
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Drop   Flat, no fullness, can be painted, made of muslin, horizontal seems  
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Traveller   Drape that moves horizontally  
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Tab curtain   Pulls diagonal from center  
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Contor Curtain   Lines are vertical, longer at ends gives a circular opening  
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Austrian Drape   scalloped at bottom, all lines the same hight and vertical, fulness is horizontal  
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Pocket   Holds a chain or pipe for the soft scenery  
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Cyc   a drop, back drop usually used for mixing colors, usually white (sometimes called a skydrop)  
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Cut Drop   Middle cut out of muslin, can be walked through, usually down stage  
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Netted cut drop   A cut drop that has netting in the area without muslin to keep its shape  
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border   drop above stage  
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legs   drops on the side of the stage  
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batten   Pipe that attaches to scenery  
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loft blocks   pulleys above scenery  
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Head blocks   pulleys above weights  
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Single purchase counter weight system   used to raise and lower scenery, it is weighted directly  
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Arbor   holds the weights  
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Locking rail   Locks the rope to not move  
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Double purchase CW system   Moves half the distance, doubles the weight needed  
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Roll or OLEO drop   Rolls drop up drom bottom around a pipe  
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How to Fly hard scenery   attach from bottom  
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casters   wheels on scenery  
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dumb/strait casters   casters that don't swivle  
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Smart/swivle casters   Casters that can swivle and turn  
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Jack   Put on the back of a flat to keep it standing  
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Tip Jack   It is tilted, lifts casters off floor when in position  
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Wagon   platform on casters  
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Pallet   Low profile platform, on rollers, has beveled edges  
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Skid   Uses furnature glides, needs a smooth stage, very low profile  
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Track   A grove in the floor that guide the platform  
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Turntable/Revolve   turning platform using drives or winches  
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Doughnut   a turn table going around another going in the opposite direction  
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Lift   used to bring actors and small scenery to the stage above, smaller than elevator, built as part of scenery  
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Elevator   Bigger than lifts, usually built into the theatre itself  
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Jack Knife   a way of pivoting platforms on one pivot point  
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Controllable qualities of light   Distrubution, Intensity, Color and Movement  
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What makes up light distribution   direction, Quality, shape, size  
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What are the functions of light?   visibility, selected focus, Modeling, Mood/atmosphere  
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