Across
- 4. the beginning part of plot that provides important background information
- 7. the final resolution of the conflict in a plot
- 8. comments by the director on the performance of each actor and on the production in general, usually given before or after rehearsals
- 9. a series of individual sketches showing a sequence of possible shots for scenes in a script
- 11. to cast a show by choosing actors who fit a particular character type
- 14. the depth of an actor's position onstage
- 15. shapes the musical character of a show
- 17. a real setting where a production may be filmed or digitally recorded, rather than on a soundtrack or backlot; off the studio lot
- 18. the tempo of a performance as it progresses
- 19. the person who writes the words for the music in the musical
- 20. the generally accepted practices of theatre that affect time, setting, visual elements(such as scenery and props), genre, and style
- 21. the stage area toward the audience
- 24. a performance space in which the audience views the action as if through a picture frame
- 25. the first draft of a film or TV program
- 26. a fee paid to produce a play
- 27. the director's technical liaison backstage during rehearsals and performance
- 34. the auditorium, or the area where the audience sits
- 35. the offer of an opportunity to buy the rights to produce a show during a particular time frame
- 36. someone who learns a role for the purpose of performing in the absence of the actor cast in that role
- 39. a performance space in which the audience sits all around the stage; sometimes called in-the-round
- 40. the stage area away from the audience
- 42. unedited film or digitally recorded footage
- 43. comedy with exaggerated characteristics, abundant physical or visual humor, and often on improbable plot
Down
- 1. how the play should look and feel
- 2. the site of a film or TV studio
- 3. blocking on paper a director does before blocking rehearsals begin
- 5. casting that ignores the general conventions of casting by type
- 6. a top-view drawing of the floor plan of a set, usually in scale
- 10. height of an actor's head onstage
- 12. the area of a studio building in which a film or TV program is shot
- 13. coordination of actors' movement onstage
- 16. the event that sets into motion the action of a plot
- 22. a length of exposed film
- 23. theatre presented to an audience that is dining at tables around the performance space; usually dinner is included in the price of the theatre ticket
- 28. a TV script
- 29. the acting area of the stage that extends beyond the proscenium
- 30. casting without regard to race or ethnicity of the characters or actors
- 31. a combination of the proscenium and the arena stages, with the audience sitting on two or three sides of the acting area
- 32. the script for a musical
- 33. the second draft of a film or TV program
- 37. the finished film or TV program
- 38. to take down the set
- 41. onstage decoration to help establish the time and place of a play