The definition of theatre in courtesy of Google is a building where theatrical performances or motion- picture shows can be presented.
This can be an internationally known theatre house such as the
likes of the Sydney Opera House or Broadway but can also include indie theatre
houses that are abundant in the more underground scene. Depending on the
theatre house itself, it could be a grand, complex performance hosting hundreds
of people in the audience but it could also be with a much smaller audience, an
intimate moment between the performers and the attendees.
While the traditional theatre may not have much going on in
terms of the types of media that they use, the more modern theatre manipulates
many types of media to further put across their message to the audience. To
start off, and this kind of method has been used ever since the first existence
of theatre, is the most obvious, the actor’s voice. Performers are trained to
project their voice so that it can be heard even by the furthest seating
audience member and since the stereo system was nowhere in existence in the
first times in theatre, this is a crucial first skill for stage perfomars. Of course now with the aid of the latest in technology stereo surround
system, audiences get a whole new heightened theatre experience in terms of
sound. Music of course is another part in theatre that is irreplaceable and
every background sound is meticulously arranged to further expand the effect of
sadness, happiness, excitement and whatever else that speaks to the heart.
Props are of course abundant in theatre performances.
Whether small or big it plays a crucial role to the scene. Everything on stage
is used to its whole entirety to contribute to the story. Props that are a few
meters high are smoothly rolled in and out of scenes, all thanks to the hours
of training and practice masterminded by the stage directors, technicians and
many more people that most of the time are not even glimpsed by the audience,
but with the absence of, the show will come to pieces. Projections are also
frequently used, and now with smaller, more powerful computers that have become
a lot more available to theatre houses, the use of it in theatre has increased
magnificently. Lighting designers create these display media to inject another
dimension on stage and opens up much more opportunities for the more unusual
execution of the scene.
Theatre itself is a media packed performance and aims to
provide to the audience a much more real and intimate performance that may be
lost in the modern cinema. With the actors very much there right in front of
your very eyes, and the complex arrangements and movements of props it is up to
the respective directors to run a very tight ship and create a unforgettable
moment to the audience.
