area, country - a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"

light - an illuminated area; "he stepped into the light"

darkness, shadow, dark - an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"

field of honor - the scene of a duel

stage - any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something; "All the world's a stage"--Shakespeare; "it set the stage for peaceful negotiations"

locale, locus, venue - the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)

incident - a single distinct event

visual percept, visual image - a percept that arises from the eyes; an image in the visual system

background, ground - the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"

coast - the area within view; "the coast is clear"

exposure - aspect re light or wind; "the studio had a northern exposure"

foreground - the part of a scene that is near the viewer

glimpse - a brief or incomplete view; "from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake"

middle distance - the part of a scene between the foreground and the background

side view - a view from the side of something

tableau - any dramatic scene

photo, photograph, pic, exposure - a picture of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material

motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, film, picture show, flick, picture - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"

outtake - a scene that is filmed but is not used in the final editing of the film

situation, state of affairs - the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt

dramatic composition, dramatic work - a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc.

act - a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet

bad temper, ill temper - a persisting angry mood

graphic art - the arts of drawing or painting or printmaking

depicted object, subject, content - something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject"

environs, surround, surroundings, environment - the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"

scenario - a setting for a work of art or literature; "the scenario is France during the Reign of Terror"

backcloth, backdrop, background - scenery hung at back of stage

flat - scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting

masking piece, masking - scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen

set piece - a piece of scenery intended to stand alone as part of the stage setting

stage set, set - representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production; "the sets were meticulously authentic"