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74 Cards in this Set
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What is composition?
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Organization of series of basic design elements
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How many basic elements make a composition?
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5 elements
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What's line?
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A straight, geometric figure consisting of a series of points
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What does line have?
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Direction, length, width
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What does line define?
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Form
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What does outline do?
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Creates a series of lines and putting them together; creates a sense of direction and gradation
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What's positive space?
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Space that the form takes
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What's negative space?
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Space outside of your body/line
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What's scale?
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relationship by person; size of mass of a form
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What does scale deal with?
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Proportion as it relates to another object
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What does light reveal?
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Form
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Real Light
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placement of light or absence of placement of light
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Distribution
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placement/direction/quality of light that the director comes up with
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Direction
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angle
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Texture
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patterns
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Intensity
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brightness/dimness
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Movement
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the way light moves
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What does light have?
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color
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What does color on stage have to do with?
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pigment
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How many variants does a pigment color have?
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3
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What is hue?
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the name we give to a color
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Value
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the presence of white and black in a color
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Chroma
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the purity of a color
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Can you change any of the variants without it affecting one of the others?
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No
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What are the main primaries in pigments?
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Red, blue, and yellow
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What are the main primaries in light?
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Red, blue, and green
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What is tactal?
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touching
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What does good composition have?
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harmony and contrast
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What is contrast in scenery?
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When we have dissimilarity of form
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Box set
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realistic interior
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What is the highest value of color?
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6 feet
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Balance
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equalization of visual weight of different forces; opposing forces that will balance each other
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What is the quickest way to get a balanced formula?
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Mirror image left to right
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Rhythm
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repetitions of patterns visual and aural
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Functions of Scenery
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place the action, dealing with character relationships and development, setting time and place
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Mood
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quality of a play that creates a mind or an emotional response
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Theme
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main idea of a play
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What is dealt with in an opera?
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A libretto
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Selective Realism
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something in real life that puts on stage to represent where we are
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Expressionist
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play is seen through the eyes of a main character
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Constructivism
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shows the inner construction of the world
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Stylization of natural form
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things that are in nature that we will flatten
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Rendering
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bird's eye view of the stage space
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Front Elevations
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working drawings
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Design fronts
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drafting where things are viewed from straight on
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How many basic areas of scenic materials?
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5 basic areas
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Structural
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pieces that are used to build the scenic design with. Wood/metal
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Structural Integrity
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Stuff that you can place things on top of
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Cover Stock
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stuff that you put on top of the structural material. Hard/soft fabric
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Hardware
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put everything together with
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Rigging materials
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Go up
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Pine
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1''___x___x___
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Douglas Fur
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2''___x___
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Flat
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fake wall
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Wagon
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platform with wheels
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Muslin
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fabric covered with flats
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Fireproof
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Dipped in retardant
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Lauan
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manmade product; made for hollow chord doors
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Plywood
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cover stock
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Is plywood man-made?
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yes
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Homasote
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Gray, soft, felt of wood products
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Particle Board
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chips of wood
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Scaffolding Nail
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intended to put scaffolding wood with
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What do screws have?
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an internal clamp
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Can you use a hammer to put screws in?
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no
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How far of the way up are screws used?
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3/4 way up
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Round headed screws
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A bump on it; put metal to wood
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Wing nuts
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has wings; is hand tightened
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How are the set pieces being put together for To Kill A Mockingbird?
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staples
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Fender Washer
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big and has a tiny hole in it
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Spring Washer
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keeps the bond tight
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Backflap Hinge
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rectangle
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T-strap
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use the hinge to make the maximum surface contact
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Coffin lock
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locks everything together
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