The general design of a work of scenic art is referred to as staging.
The concept of staging is used in different contexts. The expression emerged in the field of performing arts to refer to the general design of a production , although its definition is usually somewhat imprecise.
The usual thing is that the staging is linked to the audiovisual composition of a work . It is about what is shown on stage or on screen according to the director's intention .
Components of a staging
The staging includes costumes , scenery, sets, characterization, sound and performances. What the audience observes, ultimately, is the director's staging.
Precisely, the role played by the people who contribute their vision of the work is essential when carrying out a staging. The impact that two views of the same story can generate can vary drastically if the choice of the aforementioned elements (costumes, scenery, etc.) is very different.
This can be seen especially in opera for several years. When we think about this art form, images of centuries past come to mind: from clothing and housing to the way of speaking, without leaving aside ideologies, everything was fundamentally different in the stories dating back to that ancient time. However, there are stagings that replace material elements with their equivalents in the present and even add some that are not mentioned in the script, such as mobile phones or accessories typical of modernity.
Staging is very important in theater.
The concept in politics
In the field of politics , meanwhile, we speak of staging to name the staging of power . Rulers use images, gestures, speeches and symbols to exercise authority.
This staging shares characteristics with the staging of the performing arts. Depending on the context, the politician can direct his actions to provoke deception, excite or impress viewers.
Staging on the right
For law , a staging involves the alteration of the place where a crime was committed to erase evidence or sow false clues . The idea is also related to the presentation of an alibi to not be linked to a crime.
Suppose a man shoots his partner to death in the house where they live together. In an effort to deceive the investigators, he hides the weapon and then messes up the environment and rifles through the interior of the furniture to simulate a robbery. Finally he calls the police, claiming that when he entered his home, he found his girlfriend dead. The criminal intends that the staging allows him to avoid the punishment that corresponds to him.
Link between reality and fiction
The staging with the aim of deceiving the police can make use of the same resources as theater, since in all cases the intention is to make the recipient believe a lie and provoke in him a series of very specific feelings and reactions. . This leads us to think that the importance of truth is relative: it represents the correct path in the context of a crime, but not in dramatic art.
In fact, in a fictional story centered on a murderer who manages to cover his tracks at the crime scene with great cunning, his skills are expected to surpass those of the investigators in order for him to "succeed" in his task. Writers must deploy a wide range of ideas that are socially unacceptable but very convenient for their protagonist, so that he can always be one step ahead of the police. In reality and in fiction , the staging can be exactly the same, although we only accept it in the second case and condemn it in the first.