User:Morydd/Jargon
This is a list of stagecraft terms and abbreviations with short definitions. Items having a separate article of their own are marked as a link in the item's title listed in this article.
A
[edit]- ALD
- Assistant Lighting Designer
- ASM
- Assistant Stage Manager
B
[edit]- Batten
- A horizontal pipe, often suspended from the fly system
- Boom
- A verical pipe for mounting lighting instruments, scenery, or other items.
- Box Boom
- A vertical pipe on which lighting instruments are mounted in the house. Name comes from their position near the "box seats"
C
[edit]D
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[edit]G
[edit]- Gobo
- A steel or glass pattern that is placed in the beam of a light to project the image on the pattern. See pattern.
- Grid
- the structure from which items are suspended in a theater.
H
[edit]I
[edit]J
[edit]K
[edit]L
[edit]M
[edit]N
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[edit]- Squint
- Slang for an electrician, often disparaging.