Set Design Vocab

3. The visual pathways that guide the audience’s focus.
6. Positions at different depths of the stage---anywhere from upstage to downstage
8. Wooden rectangles that are added to the toggle for stability. Used in the Broadway flat.
9. The arrangement of elements on the stage or in a design.
10. The visual or tactile quality of surfaces.
11. A design, or acting style intended to be as life-like as possible.
14. The 3-dimensional shape of objects on stage.
19. View from various parts of the audience to the stage. Care is taken to avoid placing things in such a way that it would obstruct the audience's view.
20. A painted cloth or set piece that provides the background for a scene.
21. A type of set intended to represent real life.
22. A mobile (wheeled) platform that is used to support and transport movable, three-dimensional theatrical scenery on a theater stage.
23. The vertical lumber that runs across the right side and the left side of the flat.
24. A soft-surface flat. The wooden frame is laid flat rather than on its edge.
25. A revolving plate used to change scenery.
26. A hard surface flat, built with lumber placed on its edge.

1. A platform with fixed casters that is on hinges and swings in and out to change scenery.
2. A set that represents an interior room; usually with three or more walls.
4. Angled parts of the set; narrow at the back of the stage and wider toward the audience.
5. Anything on stage that needs to actually function as if it were real.
7. Wooden triangles that are fitted into the top and bottom corners of a flat for stability.
12. A non-realistic set that is intended to evoke an emotional response from the audience.
13. A style that is obviously theatrical---not realistic.
15. Parts of the stage that allow actors and scenery to be at different heights.
16. A play set in a specific historical era.
17. A horizontal piece of lumber that runs across the top and bottom of a flat.
18. The horizontal piece of lumber that runs across the middle of the flat.