VPDA11H3 Lecture Notes - Prompt Book, Proscenium, Pageant Wagon
13 Dec 2012
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The most common stage type in the western world. It is a raked stage meaning the stage is tilted so the audience can see from downstage to upstage. There is a raked audience so people can see from the back. Stage resetting; set wagons, revolvers, back drops. Crossover: backstage to cross from one side to the other. Cyclorama: a gigantic piece of sheet that either shows a 360 of the stage to depict a setting or mostly represents a sky. Midstage traveller: a set of curtains that covers half the stage and is uncovered to reveal a new setting. German masking: covers anything that doesn"t need to be seen. (flats, borders, tabs, legs). Furniture is limited in terms of size and quanitiy. Vomitorias: people feasted on food and in order to eat more, they vomit out their food. Revolver: may be used to change sets to show different rooms.
