Stage design; Space; George xiping; West side story; Modern stage
At present, domestic stage design relies more and more on technical support, especially on strong visual sensory experience, especially in the American drama market.
1. the relationship between visual design and performance of stage space
The concept of drama space has experienced a long evolution from two-dimensional, three-dimensional to four-dimensional space exploration, and the relationship between stage and actors is constantly changing, from the earliest plane painting and realistic scenery to three-dimensional installation scenery, from serving actors to balancing actors. The design of stage space has gradually become an independent art from the service performance, and the exploration of stage space has also begun from the theater.
2. The application of images in modern stage design
Multimedia technology is widely used in modern stage design. More and more new technologies are used on the stage, such as LED panels, video equipment, computer lights and so on. The application of these multimedia devices should make the most suitable choice according to the specific scene, the plot of stage art and the regional objective scene, so that the application of multimedia devices can be integrated with the visual effects and elements presented by stage art. "Holographic projection technology" breaks through the limitations of traditional multimedia technology and gives people a double sensory experience of the virtual world and the real world. Break the traditional stage scenery and use multimedia images to create an immersive feeling. The control of the real material, smell and life of the cinema allows the audience to have a "real" audio-visual sensory experience in a "fake" environment.
The application of new media technology on the stage is "virtual" and "reappearance" of real life, creating a "fake" space, greatly catering to the needs of stage visual aesthetics and promoting the development and progress of stage art in the new era.
However, this trend also leads to the performance effect relying too much on images and animation, which makes the spatial style converge. Domestic abuse has greatly restricted the form of drama performance, and the spatial composition has become a chicken rib.
Projection is always flat, and excessive use will only make the stage lose its charm. We should constantly explore and analyze the importance of material composition, rather than relying on images to roughly fill the space.
To solve the conversion between the plane presentation of video and the three-dimensional presentation of space, how to conceive skillfully is more important than simple and dazzling skills. Since 1960s, swoboda has introduced video into his creation, and the technology has become more and more mature. It is very important to explore the design space and grasp the balance between actors and stage creation.
3. George & #183; The Space Application in Xiping's west side story.
George Chipin is one of the most influential stage art designers in the world today. /kloc-0 was born in Kazakhstan in 1953, and/kloc-0 graduated from Moscow Institute of Architecture in 1977. In the same year, he participated in the "New Generation Future Theater Scheme" competition organized by Pompidou Center in Paris and won the prize. George Xiping's initial understanding of the field of drama originated from the scheme design of the theater, and he gradually became interested in the stage design of the theater. Two years later, he went to work alone in HLW Construction Company in new york, USA. After working in this company for one year, he decided to enter the stage art design major for further study, then he was admitted to the postgraduate course of stage art design of new york University, and graduated from 1984. In the same year, George Xiping successfully obtained the professional development opportunity of dance design-he was invited to do stage art design for four stage plays of the American National Theatre at the Kennedy Center in Washington. Since then, George Xiping has worked with famous directors such as Peter Silas, Julie Taymor, Juergen Flimm and conductor valery gergiev as a stage art designer, and gradually showed his outstanding artistic talent, which made George Xiping's stage design career famous.
The west side story stage designed by George Tsypin for Bre gnc Art Festival is an attempt of "blending". He needs to recreate a concentrated "city" on the shores of Lake Boden. Stage space is a narrative space, which uses various forms to convey meaning, so it needs more special methods to balance the relationship between concrete and abstract.
[1.] Walk out of the theater
George Xiping's stage design broke the space limitation of traditional stage design. Let the actors and audience go out of the theater, providing more possibilities for drama creation.
[2.] The stage space is huge.
Use the basic concepts of geometric abstraction-point, line, surface and body. In George Xiping's stage design, points, lines, planes and other elements are used to combine various abstract forms, and then these forms form various spaces containing symbols and metaphors, thus expressing personal feelings and ideas. The significance of the whole design of "west side story" in 2003/2004 is embedded in the formal organization of glass curtain wall: to construct a typical Manhattan city image; It is necessary to show the continuity of horizontal plane and elevation to create the impression of anti-gravity; Continuous lines are needed to match the theme of the musical; Need to create a "lighthouse" sculpture; Flexible skeleton is needed to deal with the landscape of water surface and coastline. He combined the intention, form, function and technology as much as possible, and made a comprehensive exploration of what the curtain wall can constitute. At the top of the glass curtain wall, a group of lamp posts and many high-rise buildings form a city model, which can not help but remind people of the superposition of different scale landscapes depicted by the Dutch Pavilion at the Hanover World Expo. Designers try to accommodate large and small scales into their own world, thus forming a visual device with enough tension. Boldly use glass as a material, combined with stage lighting, to produce different visual effects. Maximize the three-dimensional space of the stage space.
In the construction of stage space, it is extremely important to grasp the relationship among actors, stage and audience. With the development of economy, the exploration of stage space becomes more flexible. Influenced by western culture, the cross-border creation of stage design is becoming more and more abundant, breaking the traditional stage creation mode. The visual design of stage space constantly absorbs Chinese and western cultures, including advanced technology and creativity, which gradually changes people's design thinking and provides more possibilities for the extension of stage space.
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