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Technical Theatre

“Without technicians, actors would just be people yelling on a blank stage in the dark.”. Technical Theatre. The Director and his helpers. Producer Director Assistant Director Stage Manager Prompt book Assistant Stage Manager House Manager ushers. Properties A.K.A. “Props”.

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Technical Theatre

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  1. “Without technicians, actors would just be people yelling on a blank stage in the dark.” Technical Theatre

  2. The Director and his helpers • Producer • Director • Assistant Director • Stage Manager • Prompt book • Assistant Stage Manager • House Manager • ushers

  3. Properties A.K.A. “Props” • Prop Master • Prop table • Costume props (purse) • Hand props (telephone) • Floor props (furniture) • Decorative (painting) • Buy • Build • Pull

  4. Set- People and Terms • Set designer vs. carpenters/crew • Technical Director (TD) • Stagehands • Gaft tape • Spiking • Stage blocks

  5. Fly system • Batons- the pipes they attach lights and set pieces onto • Pigs- the name for the weights they use to balance the weight of the lights and set pieces on the batons (like a teeter-totter) • This is how they bring in set pieces to change the scene or fly someone like Peter Pan • Pulley system- The ropes and pulleys they use to raise and lower the set

  6. A picture of the fly rail

  7. Scene shop This is where they build all the set pieces and store things until they are ready to be put on stage. There are many tools, and safety is essential!

  8. Types of stages: Theatre in the round- Audience on all sides Thrust stage- audience on 3 sides Proscenium stage- Typical stage where audience in just in front of the stage

  9. Examples of set designs and ground plans done in CAD

  10. Examples of flats

  11. Fun set examples:

  12. Fun set examples:

  13. Makeup- steps and terms • Actors usually do their own-(Cats) unless professional or extremely challenging • Clean face • Base • Highlight • Shadow • Specialty • Ben Nye/Mehron • Wigs

  14. Types of stage makeup • Basic • Old age • Fantasy • Animal • Period • Gender reversal • Celebrity • Specialty (scars, noses, facial hair, moles, etc.) • Blood and gore

  15. Makeup Sketch Wigs

  16. Example of highlight and shadow

  17. Animal makeup Example

  18. Specialty makeup examples

  19. Period Fantasy Blood and Gore Specialty

  20. Body makeup

  21. Old age makeup example

  22. Lights • Lighting Designer vs. Light board op. • Lighting designer creates a light plot and gives it to the Master Electrician. The Master Electrician is the person in charge of hanging all the lights to make it look as the Lighting Designer had envisioned, and for recording all the light cues. • Blackout & Blueout • Bite light • Follow spot vs. Spotlight • Work lights • Lighting instruments • Lamp- 750 watts (normal is 75w) • Fragile- sensitive to oil on skin

  23. Example of a light plot

  24. Details of a light plot

  25. Light board and computer program

  26. LightingInstruments Ellipsoidal PAR Can Very specific area is lit, very condensed light. These you can use gobos for. This creates a wash, or a broad area that is lit instead of a specific spot. Cannot use gobos with these because the light is too spread out.

  27. Parts of a lighting instrument

  28. Lighting colors

  29. Intelligent lighting • Intelligent lighting is newer, and therefore more expensive, but will probably eventually replace both ellipsoidal and PAR cans. • Benefits: • Change color without changing gels • Add and remove gobos • Not stationary, can be moved around • One Intelligent light can do the same job as 10 of the older models. • Most Intelligent lighting is used these days in concerts, on Broadway, and even some DJs.

  30. PAR Can lighting example

  31. Elipsoidal example

  32. Gobos

  33. Gobo example

  34. Gobo example (intelligent lighting)

  35. Popular gobo example What’s wrong with this picture? Name the 2 reasons this is not a real gobo.

  36. Gels

  37. Gel example

  38. Gel example

  39. Haze example Haze is used in concerts and in theatre so you can see the beam of light. Otherwise it would just be the light on stage.

  40. Fog example Fog stays low to the ground to help create a creepy atmosphere.

  41. More fun lighting examples

  42. More fun lighting examples

  43. Sound • Sound designer vs. sound board “op.” • Sound designer decides placement of speakers, what songs to play, what sound effects to use, and use of microphones. • Sound board op runs the sound during rehearsals and the show. They not only have to play the music and SFX, but also turn on and off people’s mics, and can even change the way their voice sounds. • Real sounds vs. Sound effects (Crash box- real, cat meowing- effect) • Sound cue

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