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Black box 黑盒劇場
A square or rectangular room with black walls and a black floor, built with no fixed stage or seating so it can be reconfigured for whatever the production needs. When someone says "we're in a black box," they mean the venue type — not the other thing this exact phrase means on the same crew.
中文
四面牆與地板皆為黑色的方形或長方形空間，座位與演區可自由配置。中文亦作「小劇場」，但小劇場指規模，黑盒指形式，兩者不必然相同。
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Elsewhere on the same show, "black box" means a system judged only by its inputs and outputs — a media server or DSP unit nobody can see inside. Same words, unrelated to the venue.
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