Location
A scene is literally a “place to look at”. A synonym for this is place of action . The terms are used in two different but often overlapping meanings: They can designate the place where a narrated or acted action takes place ( diegesia ), or the place of performance in a theater scene , or the places of narration, writing or reading. The word was introduced into the German language by Martin Luther when he wanted to coin a German term for the ancient Greek θέατρον théatron "Schauspielhaus, Theater" in his translation of the Bible .
Theater, film, literature
The location of a film is often different from the location where it was shot, and the location of a play is usually not the location of the performance: in a play that is set in Venice and is performed in Berlin, Berlin is the location of the performance and Venice is the location of the action.
This distinction also plays a role in literature : the setting of a story differs more or less from the whereabouts of the narrator, the writer and the reader, even if they focus their attention on this distant place. If one defines an event independently of the places where it takes place ("murder"), then one designates a specific place of execution as a scene (cf. crime scene ). Therefore, the terms overlap contradictingly, which is often intended in fiction : For example, a murder in a crime film is carried out according to a plan that is reminiscent of a script. The location and the crime scene are given the same status.
In the theater and in the film, the location of the action is conveyed by the equipment or the scene . The atmosphere of the real performance or filming location also plays a role, although it usually differs from the location of the action depicted. Even an action recreated at the "original location" differs - at least in terms of time - from its model.
In both meanings, the place of the action can denote both fixed locations and less precisely localized, more atmospheric places (forests, fairs, etc.). The latter convey a local flavor that matches the theme or genre . - While classic horror films are often set in castles or palaces , the location of the plot of homeland films or novels is a scenic or village setting. In the theater, the stage machinery works together with the decoration; film recordings can support the characteristics of the location through special effects and visual effects (with fog, for example, an eerie atmosphere). The acoustic atmosphere also plays an important role in characterization .
In addition to the location of the plot, the characters of the plot ( personage , dramatis personae ) are also important for a game and are listed together with it on the first page of dramas or scripts.
Jurisprudence
In jurisprudence, the concept of the place of action in tort and criminal law serves to distinguish it from the place of success (place where a legal asset is violated by the act). If the place of action and the place of success fall apart, there is a distance offense . This plays a role in determining the law applicable to the matter if the place of action and the place of success are in different states ( § 9 , § 3 StGB ; Lex loci delicti ).
Literary genre
Schauplatz or Latin: Theatrum is also a didactically oriented literary genre, in which in the 17th and 18th centuries primarily historiographical overview presentations, and in the 18th and 19th centuries, increasingly instructions and standards for handicrafts and trades were conveyed and which played an important role for played the process of industrialization.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinz Kronasser in the introduction to the Greek-German school and manual dictionary by Wilhelm Gemoll : "So many words that Luther used or formed from the Greek original have been incorporated into the German common language, according to Morgenland ( ἀνατολή ), Schauplatz ( θέατρον ) u. a. "
- ↑ Martin Heger : Internationales Criminal Law I - International and European References to German Criminal Law ( Memento of the original from June 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. HU Berlin , 2015, p. 3
- ↑ z. B. Merian: Theatrum Europaeum , 1633-1783; Johann Gottfried Gregorii: Newly opened scene worthy of history ... , Frankfurt / Leipzig 1715.
- ^ Johann Heinrich Gottlob von Justi: Schauplatz der Künste und Handwerke , 1762 ff .; Jakob Leupold: Theatrum Machinarum ... , Leipzig 1729 ff .; New arena for arts and crafts , Ilmenau 1817 ff.
- ↑ Rainer Alsheimer: "Industry", craftsman didactics and reading. The literary form "Schauplatz" in the 18th and 19th centuries. in: Austrian Journal for Folklore, New Series Vol. 44, Complete Series Vol. 93, Vienna 1990, pp. 417–436.
See also
- Gemba in Japanese
literature
- Peter Ettedgui: Production Design, Berlin: Rowohlt 2001. ISBN 9783499606632
- Hartmut Winkler: The filmic space and the audience, Heidelberg: Winter 1992. ISBN 9783533044970
- Sebastiano Serlio: From the scenes or locations , in: Texts on the theory of the theater , ed. Klaus Lazarowicz and Christopher Balme, Stuttgart: Reclam 1991, pp. 409-416. ISBN 3-15-008736-8
- Thomas Forrer: Location / Theatrum. Heterotopias of Knowledge , in: Pointing to Reality. On the problem of evidence in cultural studies, ed. Helmut Lethen, Albrecht Koschorke and Ludwig Jäger. Frankfurt am Main: Campus 2015, pp. 326–35. ISBN 9783593503035
