What is the role of the curtain on the stage?

When watching a stage performance, the attentive audience will notice that there are all kinds of curtains on the stage, which have different functions. Some are responsible for separating the audience from the stage during the opening and closing ceremonies, some are used to decorate and beautify the stage, and some are used to show the stage atmosphere during special performances. There are many kinds of stage curtains, including door curtains, eaves curtains, second curtains, gauze curtains, daytime curtains, horizontal curtains and side curtains. Let's understand the classification and function of stage curtain. 1. What is the role of the curtain on the stage?

The stage curtain, as its name implies, is the curtain used on the stage. It is an indispensable equipment for various theaters, auditoriums, clubs, studios and other stages. So what is the role of the stage curtain?

As props for the opening or curtain call of the stage, the role of the stage curtain is mainly: as the portal of the stage, it plays a role in separating the audience hall from the stage, displaying the stage atmosphere, decorating and beautifying the stage, and improving the performance effect of the stage. There are many kinds of stage curtains, and different kinds of curtains focus on different functions.

2. What kinds of stage curtains are there?

There are many kinds of stage curtains, the most commonly used of which are as follows:

1, curtain

Usually located on the inner side of the podium of the frame stage, it separates the audience hall from the stage. It is the gateway and main curtain of the stage, mainly used for opening and closing at the beginning and end of a meeting or performance, and sometimes used as a curtain. There are many forms of curtain opening and closing, such as split, lifting, cascading, cable-stayed and unilateral opening and closing.

The fabric and color of curtains can directly affect the audience's vision and require solemnity and elegance. Fabric usually adopts flame-retardant linen, real velvet and cotton wool curtains (characterized by good drape, good shading, good flame retardancy, no deformation and no light return), and the color is usually red or light bordeaux.

2, eaves curtain

Also known as the logo screen, it is a horizontal screen on the front of the stage, which can cover the audience's line of sight above the front of the stage, match the curtain and set off the curtain. Its main function is to decorate and beautify the stage; Some eaves will be hung with red slogan cloth, and the slogan on the slogan cloth can be changed freely according to different meetings and performances.

3. Act II

Located behind the stage curtain, close to the second side curtain, it mainly serves solo, solo, folk art and other programs, and plays a role in highlighting the protagonist and setting off the atmosphere. Generally, the curtain is opened or lifted. In addition to two acts, some specials will have three acts and four acts.

4. Gauze curtains

Screen curtains are mainly used in lobby, stage, exhibition hall, large-scale exhibition briefing, etc. Dynamic video can be projected onto the double-layer iron curtain through the projector, presenting a dreamy and gorgeous picture, which can be displayed in a large size and create a spectacular scene. Combined with LCD TV behind the curtain, it can achieve double visual effects and is very ornamental.

5. Stage daytime curtain

The daytime curtain is located at the back of the performance space of the framed stage, as a curtain to show the background environment of the performance. Its height and width are usually larger than the size of the podium, and it can be designed as a flat screen or an arc-shaped wide screen according to the needs of the performance. During the day, the curtain faces the inside of the auditorium and can be illuminated by sky lanterns, slides, etc. or project various color images. , and the stage space to form a whole picture.

6. Horizontal curtains

Also known as the horizontal bar curtain, it is located between light poles, horizontally suspended on ordinary suspenders and telescopic poles, and cooperates with the horizontal bar curtains on the left and right sides to control the performance space and block the illumination of lamps and lights.

7. Side curtain

Also known as the side curtain, it is located on the left and right sides of the stage, with the same color as the horizontal curtain, which limits the stage performance area. Through parallel, straight, inverted and other hoisting methods, the plane shape of the stage performance area is changed, the space at the back of the stage is blocked, and the audience's line of sight is guided and controlled to focus on the designated performance area.

8, stage fire curtain

Stage fire curtain is an important device of fire prevention equipment, which is made of iron frame plate or asbestos and has safety suspension device. The main function of the fire curtain is to put down the fire curtain in case of fire, isolate the air between the stage and the audience, and win time for the audience to evacuate the fire safely. In order to improve the fire protection performance, the stage fire curtain is made of light steel structure with fire protection coatings on the front and back. The upper part of the curtain is equipped with a water curtain device, which automatically sprays water to cool the curtain in case of fire.