Jul 13, 2006 10:38
18 yrs ago
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French term
Miranda Joubioux (X)
mise en espace
French to English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Theatre
Context:
L’ argument justifie, s’il en était besoin, un dispositif qui paraît nier l’usage habituel du théâtre, puisqu’il tient les chanteurs vêtus de noir reclus à l’avant-scène, dans la pénombre, qu’il n’utilise pas la profondeur du plateau et amène le metteur en scène à renoncer à une mise en espace de l’œuvre.
The article is about the usage of video in the theatre for an opera.
The only thing I can come up with is "floorplan". I checked the entry for mise en espace dating back to 2002 and cannot find anything that goes with the context. "Blocking" is perfect for a film environment, but we are talking about traditional theatre "mise en espace".
Any suggestions?
L’ argument justifie, s’il en était besoin, un dispositif qui paraît nier l’usage habituel du théâtre, puisqu’il tient les chanteurs vêtus de noir reclus à l’avant-scène, dans la pénombre, qu’il n’utilise pas la profondeur du plateau et amène le metteur en scène à renoncer à une mise en espace de l’œuvre.
The article is about the usage of video in the theatre for an opera.
The only thing I can come up with is "floorplan". I checked the entry for mise en espace dating back to 2002 and cannot find anything that goes with the context. "Blocking" is perfect for a film environment, but we are talking about traditional theatre "mise en espace".
Any suggestions?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | three-dimensional staging OR staging in depth |
Tony M
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| 3 +1 | staging options |
Laurel Clausen
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| 4 | Post Grading - Mise en espace |
French Foodie
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| 3 | the layout |
muitoprazer (X)
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Proposed translations
+1
22 mins
Selected
three-dimensional staging OR staging in depth
They're talking about the way the director is obliged to give up the traditional idea of setting the action in such a way as to exploit the whole volume of the stage (principally area, hence 2-D, but of course height is also available...)
I think 'three-dimensional staging' conveys the idea well (NOT 3-D, I'd suggest!), though I confess that I have invented the term and have no idea if it is currently used in the biz.
If you want to get pretentious, you could say 'volumatic staging' !!!
It's the old idea of 'making use of the whole of the stage' --- or in this case, NOT!
I think 'three-dimensional staging' conveys the idea well (NOT 3-D, I'd suggest!), though I confess that I have invented the term and have no idea if it is currently used in the biz.
If you want to get pretentious, you could say 'volumatic staging' !!!
It's the old idea of 'making use of the whole of the stage' --- or in this case, NOT!
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "This suits the context best. Thanks!"
3 mins
the layout
of the auditorium would be my take.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Tony M
: I don't believe it's referring to the auditorium as such, but rather, the way the stage space is used
19 mins
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yes,exactly,the layout of stage space.
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+1
25 mins
Laurel Clausen
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Professionally Qualified Trans/Interp
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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12
staging options
"limiting the director's staging options" would be my suggestion for this context
4 days
Post Grading - Mise en espace
hi Miranda,
you've no doubt handed in your text by now, and I'm sure Tony's answer worked just fine in this case, but for future reference I just wanted to add that this term is often left in French, as it doesn't really have an English equivalent. The article below provides a brief explanation, as does the Int. Herald Tribune article.
HTH
http://www.andante.com/article/article.cfm?id=16415&highligh...
The British conductor John Eliot Gardiner has now conducted three different productions of Oberon: at the Opéra de Lyon in 1986, when Planché's English text was given in its entirety; at the Zurich Opera in 1998, in a German version; and most recently at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris — where, with his assistant, Colin Window, he has devised what the French precisely describe as a "mise-en-espace" — something less than a full mise-en-scène, but considerably more than a semi- or concert staging.
The Maryinsky Maintains A Heavy Schedule With Brio : Russia's Band ...
The term mise en espace has become customary to describe semi-staged concert performances in which singers and orchestra share the platform and stage ...
www.iht.com/articles/2001/02/07/pete.t.php - 28k - Cached - Similar pages
FT.com / Arts & weekend / Music & Theatre - Rattle’s Romantic weakness
Matters are not helped by a production that amounts to little more than a mise en espace, ... The staging can’t even distinguish one scene from another, ...
www.ft.com/cms/s/4b32ec42-0ab7-11db-b595-0000779e2340.html - Similar pages
you've no doubt handed in your text by now, and I'm sure Tony's answer worked just fine in this case, but for future reference I just wanted to add that this term is often left in French, as it doesn't really have an English equivalent. The article below provides a brief explanation, as does the Int. Herald Tribune article.
HTH
http://www.andante.com/article/article.cfm?id=16415&highligh...
The British conductor John Eliot Gardiner has now conducted three different productions of Oberon: at the Opéra de Lyon in 1986, when Planché's English text was given in its entirety; at the Zurich Opera in 1998, in a German version; and most recently at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris — where, with his assistant, Colin Window, he has devised what the French precisely describe as a "mise-en-espace" — something less than a full mise-en-scène, but considerably more than a semi- or concert staging.
The Maryinsky Maintains A Heavy Schedule With Brio : Russia's Band ...
The term mise en espace has become customary to describe semi-staged concert performances in which singers and orchestra share the platform and stage ...
www.iht.com/articles/2001/02/07/pete.t.php - 28k - Cached - Similar pages
FT.com / Arts & weekend / Music & Theatre - Rattle’s Romantic weakness
Matters are not helped by a production that amounts to little more than a mise en espace, ... The staging can’t even distinguish one scene from another, ...
www.ft.com/cms/s/4b32ec42-0ab7-11db-b595-0000779e2340.html - Similar pages
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