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A raked stage is a platform arranged at an angle so the upstage end (or end furthest from the audience) is higher than the down stage end (closer to the audience). If imagining this is difficult, try picturing placing a tennis ball on the floor of a stage. On a raked stage, the ball would roll towards the audience. Raked stages are often effective at:
* Bringing the performance closer to an audience giving a more intimate feel * Highlighting the human form * Making a performance visible for all audience members regardless of how far back, or high up, they are sitting.
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What is a stage that is slanted or angled toward the audience called?
a raked stage
What are the advantages of an end on stage?
End on is when the stage is on the floor and the audience are on a raked seating bank looking down on the stage. This allows for good sight lines, those sitting in the front aren't on the same level as the stage and those sitting at the back are looking down.
Why Is Down Stage Called Down Stage?
If you view a stage from directly above, then the actors movement towards the front of the stage appears as moving "down stage". When theater scenes are choreographed, they are done from a perspective of looking directly down at the stage from above. The same is true when "camera blocking" is done to a film or television scene on a sound stage. Many beginning actors become confused at the direction to "move downstage" or "move upstage", as it is the most commonly corrected stage direction. Another Answer Historically, stages were built 'raked', or higher in the back than in the front. This made it easier for the audience, sitting in chairs on a flat floor, to see the action at the back of the stage, or UPSTAGE, which would otherwise be blocked by the actors and set at the front, or DOWNSTAGE. Stage directions are from the point-of-view of the performer, so on the old raked stages the performer was literally moving "up" or "down" as well as "right and "left."
What are two characteristics of the Proscenium stage?
audience on one sidea raised platform framed by proscenium archan apron or forestage and/or orchestra pitauditorium seating is usually raked upwards toward the back of roomlarger theatres may have balconies
Why is an upstage position called up?
An upstage position is called an upstage position because from the audiences position it is in the back of the stage so it is up from them. <><><> It comes from old theater layouts where the stage was raked or tilted toward the audience, so if an actor went away from the audience, it was moving up and toward the audience was moving down.
