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Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Dems go flatter, draw on 'rule of three' for convention set design

www.newscaststudio.com: With the Republican National Convention wrapped up, the Democrats have completed installing their stage set in Philadelphia and where the Republican’s set design was shiny, bold, intimidating and even a bit top heavy, the Democratic National Convention has taken a flatter approach that also uses the “rule of three” effectively.

1 comment:

Haydon Alexander said...

I think that the democrats have made a wise choice in the more humble choice of set and stage. Particularly when the RNC had such big and lavish set dressing that is totally unnecessary for anything but the nominee's ego, all while being referred to as the "blue collar billionaire." One tiny detail for the democrats to remember, Don't steal any music! Also, while the DNC stage does seem to be understated and humble, there is enough eye candy to keep us creatives happy. There is no reason for the convention to look like a grey lecture hall, and whomever designed this stage seems to have kept that balance between reason and pizzazz, the stage appears beautiful in its simplicity. I am curious as to why the set seems to be built all in threes, was this intentional or just something that happened by accident, or does something about the way we see sets of three convey some feeling that would be wanted at the DNC? I would appreciate thoughts on the matter.