Computer Visualization for the Theatre

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Peopling the stage

Why use human figures?

Any designer will know that scenography revolves around people. A design is both a practical space that must be used by actors and a world that must respond to the lives of the characters who inhabit it. Scenography often begins with the consideration of the actor in space and many design classes ask the student to begin by creating characters in scale. The human maquette has several functions. It communicates to the viewer that this is an inhabited and live space. It gives a sense of scale without which a model can be quite difficult to read. It makes the performer/body a central part of the design and, most importantly, it allows for experimentation with arrangements of actors, investigating scenographic ...