Production Staff

A production staff is the group of technical staff who produce a play, television
show, recording, or film. Generally the term refers to all individuals responsible for the
technical aspects of creating of a particular product, regardless of where in the process
their expertize is required, or how long they are involved in the project. For example, in
a theatrical performance, the production team includes not only the running crew, but
also the theatrical producer, designers and theatre direction.
Stage Number

Stage managers typically provide practical and organizational support to the director,
actors, designers, stage crew and technicians throughout the production process. They
also are the director's representative during performances, making sure that the
production runs smoothly.
Set Designer

A set designer is in charge of designing and creating the sets that appear in films and
television programmes as well as in the theatre. The role involves working with and
communicating with directors, producers, costume designers and other members of staff.
Lighting Designer

A theatre lighting designer (or LD) works with the director, choreographer, set
designer, costume designer, and sound designer to create the lighting, atmosphere, and
time of day for the production in response to the text, while keeping in mind issues of
visibility, safety, and cost. The LD also works closely with the stage manager or show
control programming, if show control systems are used in that production.
Lighting Crew

Electrical lighting technicians (ELT) or simply lighting crew., are involved with
rigging stage and location sets and controlling artificial, electric lights for art and
entertainment venues (theatre or live music venues) or in video, television,
or film production.
Costume Designer

A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film, stage, production or
television. The role of the costume designer is to create the characters' outfits/costumes
and balance the scenes with texture and colour, etc.
Makeup Artist

Apply makeup to performers to reflect period, setting, and situation of their role
Choreographer

. A theatrical choreographer creates the dance elements in a play or musical, and often
teaches them to actors, singers, and dancers.
Playbill

A playbill usually includes a list of the cast and production crew. You can also call a playbill a
program.
Stage productions

A stage production is any work of theatre, such as a staged play, musical, comedy or drama
produced from a written book or script. Theatrical productions also extend to other performance
designations such as Dramatic and Nondramatic theatre, as well as Dance theatre.
Stage Directions

an instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of
an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.
Spectacle

The spectacle in the theatre can involve all of the aspects of scenery, costumes, and special
effects in a production.
Make up

Theatrical makeup is the practice of painting, enhancing, or altering the face, hair, and body of the
actor with cosmetics, plastic materials, and other substances
Props

A prop, formally known as (theatrical) property, is an object used on stage or screen by actors
during a performance or screen production. In practical terms, a prop is considered to be
anything movable or portable on a stage or a set, distinct from the actors, scenery, costumes,
and electrical equipment.
Set Piece

A piece of scenery used as part of a stage set, as a profile or three-dimensional construction built to
stand independently on the stage floor
Mask

a special covering (representing a human face or the head of an animal or a fantastic or mythological
being) with perforations for the eyes and placed over an actor's face.
Scenery

Theatrical scenery is that which is used as a setting for a theatrical production. Scenery may be
just about anything, from a single chair to an elaborately .
Music

Music has the function of communicating the emotional heart of the action and the feelings,
wishes, and thoughts of the characters.
Performance

an act of staging or presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment.

Stage Craft

skill or experience in writing or staging plays.

Narration

the action or process of narrating a story.

Aside

a remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the
other characters in the play.
Soliloquy

A soliloquy is a device often used in drama when a character speaks to themselves, relating
thoughts and feelings, thereby also sharing them with the audience, giving the illusion of unspoken
reflections. If other characters are present, they keep silent and/or are disregarded by the speaker.
Poster Blurb

A blurb is a short promotional piece accompanying a piece of creative work. It may be written
by the author or publisher or quote praise from others.
Blocking

Blocking is the precise staging of actors to facilitate the performance of a play, ballet, film or opera.
Tragedy

A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme
sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with
unfavorable circumstances.
Comedy

Comedy is a literary genre and a type of dramatic work that is amusing and satirical in its tone,
mostly having a cheerful ending. The motif of this dramatic work is triumph over unpleasant
circumstance by creating comic effects, resulting in a happy or successful conclusion.