In the middle of a humid high pressure hot day, it's dark inside the theatre: night time all day long. Backstage blue light, whispers and stifled laughter, the awareness that the audience is focused on the action taking place in the bright stage lights, and has no idea of the dramas being played out behind the performers. It's that immediate division, a mere curtain or piece of scenery that divides the public from the private in theater. It's thickly erotic; everybody looks more romantic in diffused stage light.
The closest you get to this on a film set is maybe that moment on a very early call, before the extras arrive, and you drink your coffee facing the sunrise. But it's the audience that makes the difference. Just listening to them coming in during that 15 minutes before the show starts, knowing that they are all there to share an experience that you've helped create. Last-minute adjustments, secrets in the dark, five minutes to curtain, places please.
The closest you get to this on a film set is maybe that moment on a very early call, before the extras arrive, and you drink your coffee facing the sunrise. But it's the audience that makes the difference. Just listening to them coming in during that 15 minutes before the show starts, knowing that they are all there to share an experience that you've helped create. Last-minute adjustments, secrets in the dark, five minutes to curtain, places please.