places, everyone

[masahiko]

If a director of theater says "places, everyone" just before a
performance starts, what does it mean?

[Lars Eighner]

In our last episode,
<***@r5.dion.ne.jp>,
the lovely and talented masahiko

Post by masahiko
If a director of theater says "places, everyone" just before a
performance starts, what does it mean?

It means "go to the spot you are supposed to be in for the beginning
of the scene," "go to your starting place for the performance."

[Ross Howard]

Post by Lars Eighner
In our last episode,
the lovely and talented masahiko

Post by masahiko
If a director of theater says "places, everyone" just before a
performance starts, what does it mean?

It means "go to the spot you are supposed to be in for the beginning
of the scene," "go to your starting place for the performance."

AKA "hit your marks".

--
Ross Howard

[Evan Kirshenbaum]

Post by Ross Howard

Post by Lars Eighner
In our last episode,
the lovely and talented masahiko

Post by masahiko
If a director of theater says "places, everyone" just before a
performance starts, what does it mean?

It means "go to the spot you are supposed to be in for the beginning
of the scene," "go to your starting place for the performance."

AKA "hit your marks".

Different, in my experience. "Places" means "move by whatever means
you like to get to where you need to be at the start of the scene (or
wherever we're picking the scene up from". "Hitting your mark" means
moving in the course of the action of the scene so that you're where
you need to be at the time some other event occurs. It's often a
matter of timing more than position, although there's typically a
component of stopping in the right place.
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[Ross Howard]

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 08:26:11 -0700, Evan Kirshenbaum

Post by Evan Kirshenbaum

Post by Ross Howard

Post by Lars Eighner
In our last episode,
the lovely and talented masahiko

Post by masahiko
If a director of theater says "places, everyone" just before a
performance starts, what does it mean?

It means "go to the spot you are supposed to be in for the beginning
of the scene," "go to your starting place for the performance."

AKA "hit your marks".

Different, in my experience. "Places" means "move by whatever means
you like to get to where you need to be at the start of the scene (or
wherever we're picking the scene up from". "Hitting your mark" means
moving in the course of the action of the scene so that you're where
you need to be at the time some other event occurs. It's often a
matter of timing more than position, although there's typically a
component of stopping in the right place.

Full marks for spotting a misplaced AKA. (You're right; a "cf" would
have been better.)

--
Ross Howard

[Gary G. Taylor]

Post by Evan Kirshenbaum
It's often a
matter of timing more than position, although there's typically a
component of stopping in the right place.

In TV and film production this usage often refers to an actual mark of some
sort on the floor or ground. It's used so that an actor will be in the
right position for the composition of a shot.

[Jonathan Miller]

Post by Lars Eighner
In our last episode,
the lovely and talented masahiko

Post by masahiko
If a director of theater says "places, everyone" just before a
performance starts, what does it mean?

It means "go to the spot you are supposed to be in for the beginning
of the scene," "go to your starting place for the performance."

One exception is a piece called "Back to Bach" choreographed by Carol Fike.
Although "places, everyone" is called out not by the director but by a cast
member and not before the performance begins but after.

Ain't modern dance fun?

Actually that one is. One of the Brandenburg Concertos (IIRC), and the
choreography was heavily influenced by Jose Limon (forgive the absence of
accents, but I'm assuming [without checking] that 128-character ASCII can't
handle them) before she became, uh, how shall I say, not to my taste.

Jon Miller