DRAM 1310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Proscenium, Thrust Stage, Live Action Role-Playing Game
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First condition that governs the work of all the designers is the nature of the theatrical space. Theatrical space relationship between audience and the stage. Audience relationship to the screen at the movies always the same. Audience sit opposite of the stage, facing what is called the proscenium or end stage. Oregon shakespeare festival"s bowmer theatre and broadway theatres. Proscenium stage a rectangular theatre with the stage at one of end of the rectangle. Proscenium arch the frame, like a picture frame, defining the opening of a proscenium stage. The proscenium arch creates the sense that they audience is looking into a contained space from which one wall has been removed. Stage frame masks mechanics of backstage operations. End stages rectangular stages that lack a curtain or even a defined frame. Allow audience to sit on three sides of stage. Thrust stage a theatre space in which the audience is placed on three sides of the stage.
