offstage; reported action (theater)
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reported action; offstage action
formalA specialized theater and film term. It describes events that are crucial to the plot but happen offstage or outside the frame, conveyed to the audience through dialogue, narration, or sound effects.
Jù剧
běn本
yòng用
àn暗
chǎng场
chǔ处
lǐ理
le了
nà那
chǎng场
jī激
liè烈
de的
zhàn战
dòu斗
。
The script used reported action to handle that intense battle scene.
Zhǔ主
rén人
gōng公
de的
sǐ死
wáng亡
shì是
tōng通
guò过
àn暗
chǎng场
biǎo表
xiàn现
de的
，
zhǐ只
tīng听
jiàn见
yī一
shēng声
qiāng枪
xiǎng响
。
The protagonist's death was conveyed offstage, with only the sound of a gunshot.
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Dǎo导
yǎn演
rèn认
wéi为
，
jiāng将
xiōng凶
shā杀
shè设
wéi为
àn暗
chǎng场
néng能
liú留
gěi给
guān观
zhòng众
gèng更
duō多
xiǎng想
xiàng象
kōng空
jiān间
。
The director believed that making the murder an offstage event would give the audience more room for imagination.