Mise en scène

Everything put on stage together: set, light, costume and movement, and how they combine into one picture.

DirectorsDesigners

Stage pictureWhat the audience would see if you froze the moment: who stands where, how high, facing which way. Directors shape it to tell the story.
Production conceptThe director's big idea for a production: its world, its look and what it's about, shared with designers early.

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