Clare Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Hi Being a newcomer to the stage ..... and I have read Defining the Stage in Wiki. I wondered if any of you had a diagram you could let me have please. You know with Up Stage, Down Stage, Stage Left , Right, etc., on it??? Also can anyone recommend a good Stage Craft book to me? Thankyooo Clare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 [plug]Glad to know that you've found some useful info in the wiki! If you do find a diagram, and there are no copyright issues, please insert it the wiki![/plug] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clare Posted April 26, 2006 Author Share Posted April 26, 2006 [plug]Glad to know that you've found some useful info in the wiki! If you do find a diagram, and there are no copyright issues, please insert it the wiki![/plug] Thank you. I find it hard working out my left from my right at the best of times :blink: but I end up confusing myself with Stage Left and Right even more. I will carry on looking for a diagram. Clarex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJones Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Hi guys, I know this is a really rubbish drawing, but if it is of any use then feel free to use it. Here it is hope this helps Andy JonesPS if you want a better copy PM me for one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiLL Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 All stage directions are given from the point of view of the actor or cast member standing on the stage and looking at the audience. When facing the audience stage left is on their left etc.. The way to remember upstage and downstage is imagine the stage is on a huge rake, downhill is downstage towards the audience and the pit, upstage is uphill. My old technician mentor used to call it 'retreating uphill from the enemy' when he spotted cast members hugging the upstage area in fear. :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Some Bloke Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 I've ammended Andy's plan to include all the areas very precisely. Hope you don't mind Andy? http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d31/JustSomeBloke/stageplaces.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pritch Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Andy / JSB - Do you mind if that goes in the Wiki article? It could do with a pretty picture, I think. Defining the Stage Probably an idea to directly link to JSB's version, seeing as it's on photobucket anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Some Bloke Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Fine by me. I knicked it from Andy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 How about adding "wings" for completeness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJones Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 I'll just sit here quietly sobbing :D free free to doctor it (too late!) put it on Wiki, or print it off A3 and stick it on your wall. do what ever you want with it! hope I have helped AndyJones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Some Bloke Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 How about adding "wings" for completeness? I've ammended it and put it in the same place so new version appears above.Anyone who's into editing Wiki can feel free to add the new version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 The wiki (at present) just includes your version above - so the changes have propagated automagically... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peternewman Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Really minor niggle, but any chance of removing the large chunk of blank space at the bottom of the image, so the wiki page flows better? :D PN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Some Bloke Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerB Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Hi folks Not wanting to cause confusion, but if any of those nice TV people come to film your show, they use Camera Left and Camera Right, which are the opposite of stage left and stage right. People who work on stage use up and down (as noted by others in this thread) for back and front, which originates from the days when early theatres had raked stages coz the technology wasn't very good to build raked seats and it was the only way for audience members at the back to see all (or most) of the stage. Riggers, of course, use up and down to mean, well, up and down, which is only 90 degrees different to stage users!. I hope this has helped!!!! RogerB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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