Define "projections"

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 3/15/10 at 10:24pm

whenever a new show uses "projections," i can't tell if they are literally projecting a video onto part of the stage, like a movie theater projector, or just using a video screen as a background (like 9 to 5)
can somebody help me with this?

[outdamnwench]

Posted: 3/15/10 at 11:10pm

Look for shadows behind the performers and set pieces.

Also, projections tend to be brighter than video walls.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/15/10 at 11:16pm

pro·jec·tion? ?[pruh-jek-shuhn] Show IPA
–noun
1.
a projecting or protruding part.
2.
the state or fact of jutting out or protruding.
3.
a causing to jut or protrude.
4.
the act, process, or result of projecting.
5.
Cartography. a systematic construction of lines drawn on a plane surface representative of and corresponding to the meridians and parallels of the curved surface of the earth or celestial sphere.
6.
Photography.
a.
the act of reproducing on a surface, by optical means, a remote image on a film, slide, etc.
b.
an image so reproduced.
7.
the act of visualizing and regarding an idea or the like as an objective reality.
8.
something that is so visualized and regarded.
9.
calculation of some future thing: They fell short of their projection for the rate of growth.
10.
the act of communicating distinctly and forcefully to an audience.
11.
Psychology.
a.
the tendency to ascribe to another person feelings, thoughts, or attitudes present in oneself, or to regard external reality as embodying such feelings, thoughts, etc., in some way.
b.
Psychoanalysis. such an ascription relieving the ego of a sense of guilt or other intolerable feeling.
12.
the act of planning or scheming.
13.
Alchemy. the casting of the powder of philosophers' stone upon metal in fusion, to transmute it into gold or silver.
Origin:
1470–80; < L pr?jecti?n- (s. of pr?jecti?) a throwing forward. See project, -ion

[chewy5000]

Posted: 3/16/10 at 1:44am

Usually it refers to the set being comprised (to some extent) of projected images, whether static or moving. Often rear projection is employed, so no shadows either.

[Jon]

Posted: 3/16/10 at 11:42am

In the 1990's, both TOMMY and HOW TO SUCCEED... used video monitor walls, and the program still listed a credit for projection design". So it doesn't really matter if it's a video monitor or a projector, yuo can still refer to it as "projections".

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 3/17/10 at 9:30pm

got it, ok thanks