Setting the stage

I have spent time looking for pictures of theatre stages on google images to see what I could find for ideas for the stage sets etc. I want to keep it as simple as possible so not to detract from the dancers, neutral colours but still in keeping with a realistic stage.

Here are few of the images I found:-


http://blog.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/graphics/empire_theatre_stage.jpg


http://theaterseats.htroom.com/images/TheaterStage03.jpg


http://www.theglasgowstory.com/images/TGSB00373_m.jpg


http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2007/06/15/theatrespotlight460.jpg

Ithink the last picture is more like the idea I had simple but effective. Here is a still image of my theatre set, I though I might put a cut out silhouette audience in After Effects in due course.




I have slightly changed the stage now that I have the dancer on it. The changes are more for scale and realism issues, I have expanded the space on the stage behind the curtains which the audience probably won't see but I wanted to make sure it looked real. I have also added a bit of detail around the stage so it's not so plain.