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Stagecraft:  Week 4
(September 13-17, 2021)

Important terms are in RED.

Google Classroom assignments are in BLUE.

If ABSENT, you are REQUIRED to read / understand / do all activities posted for that day, even if it's not an "assignment"/homework.  

DAYS 1-2:  

 

1.)  Reviewed flats/platform terms already learned:

  • platforms, wagons, casters, flats, Broadway Flat, Hollywood Flat, stile, rail

 

2.) Reviewed what a cut list is, and why builders use them.  Each building group double-checked/finished their own cut list (click to print) in order to prepare for building a flat/platform.

3.) Began working in the scene shop to gather materials for flats & platforms and begin building.  (Women build flats & men build platforms.) 

REMINDER:  There are instructions on building a platform in Google Classroom CLASS NOTES.  Instructions on building a flat are in the video at the top of this page.

HOMEWORK:  Bring PAINT CLOTHES for next class (oversized clothes that can go OVER your school clothes when you do painting projects)

DAYS 3-4:

1.)  Learned  about casters, caster blocks, and wagon locks/brakes (and how to install each).  Click HERE for more info (also available in Google Classroom - CLASS NOTES Journal).

2.)  Participated:  Worked in scene shop to finish building flats/platforms.  

  • Phase 2 for girls:  Prime your flat

  • Phase 2 for guys:  Caster your platform and install wagon locks/breaks.

  • When finished:  All group members sign the back of your flat/platform

 

REMINDER:  There are instructions on building a platform in Google Classroom CLASS NOTES.  Instructions on building a flat are in the video at the top of this page.

HOMEWORK:  Bring PAINT CLOTHES for next class (oversized clothes that can go OVER your school clothes when you do painting projects)

HOMEWORK:  At the end of next week, you will have a QUIZ on stages, stage terms, and materials/tools used to build flats & platforms.

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