Front of House
Front of House (English in front of the stage , audience area ; abbreviated FOH or FoH) describes those areas in theater and concert events that are accessible to the audience . The opposite term is Backstage (also Back of House ; abbreviated BoH or BOH) and refers to the area of the venue that is not accessible to the public.
In the jargon of sound technology specifically, the point is to "front of house" audience share corresponds to where the sound engineer of the stage prepared coming music to the public and the lighting technician for proper lighting provides. The location is important in order to hear and see the performance exactly as the audience does. The sound optimized for the audience is called "FOH mix" or simply "FOH".
The size of the FOH depends on the size of the event and the amount of lighting and sound technology required. A FOH can be positioned at ground level or, as is usual at large events and open-air concerts, multi-story and covered.
At large open-air events, the mixing takes place in conspicuous, mostly roofed scaffolding towers in the middle of the audience, where the sound engineer , possibly above the chaser and the light mixer , as well as further delayed loudspeaker units ( delays ) attached to the rear are located. In the jargon used by employees at major events, “... there at the FOH” means a pure location or directional information.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Event dictionary , accessed on January 17, 2014