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Theatre Roles and terminology

GCSE Live theatre review- Section C Sound Design Section A – written exam

Ambient Noise-The sound heard in a room with no sound
sources

Microphone-What an actor speaks/sings into to amplify or Actor -The person whose role Costume Designer- Director-Responsible for the Lighting Designer-Designs the
it is to play a character in the
lighting for the show while
overall vision of a
• PHYSICALITY record their voice performance Choreographer- Responsible for the costume performance. They direct the considering any issues such
worn by the actors – they
• Facial Expression Showing how you feel Radio Mic-A microphone worn on the actor’s body Creates and sets the dance design and source/create scenes and instruct the as sight lines of the audience,
and movement sequences
with your face Movements How you are Soundscape Using a range of sounds to create an during the production them. actors the safety and the cost
moving on the stage environment for a scene. Repeated words or phrases can also

• Posture The positioning of you be used.
shoulders/back
Diegetic Sound-Sound that the characters on stage can hear
• Body Language How you are showing Lyricist -The person who Sound Designer-Responsible
character/emotion with your body Non-Diegetic Sound-Sound that the characters on stage writes the words of the songs Playwright -The author of the Set Designer-Designs the for the planning of the sound –
Stillness cannot hear (creates mood and atmosphere through in the musical play set/stage for the show they will source any music
and sound effects
• Gait the manner of your movement underscoring)

• VOCAL

• Pitch How high or low Pace The speed of Technology/Effects AV Audio-Visual – projected or screened
your voice Understudy -They learn a
Dry Ice Frozen gas that forms a mist or fog when dropped Stage-Manager Head of the main role in the performance TOP TIP: You need to be
• Tone the emotion you are showing Volume into water stage management team – and step in if needed. Often confident in all of these
How loud or quiet you are speaking works backstage an understudy performs in the theatre roles.
Accent/Dialect Different pronunciations Pyrotechnics Firework effects – usually electronically fired chorus of a performance too.

Rigging-The equipment that suspends lighting and above the

stage Smoke Machine produces clouds of coloured or white
fog