Scene
Scene noun - The place and time in which the action for a portion of a dramatic work (as a movie) is set.
Usage example: the first scene was the kitchen of a fancy restaurant during dinner
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Synonyms for Scene
Tableau is a synonym for scene in view topic. In some cases you can use "Tableau" instead a noun "Scene", when it comes to topics like picture, show, setting of a performance or event.
Tableau
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- He may also arrange the scene of the crime in a tableau to make a similar point to the investigating police.
Source: Poetic Serial Killer - The entire scene need not necessarily be a tableau; scenes can open or close with one, often held as the curtain rises or falls.
Source: Tableau -
Later in the DLC, he was so disturbed by the tableau that the Groom created of "a woman giving birth" that Mark actually blurred out the scene and told viewers if they wanted to see it, they'd either have to play the game on their own, or go watch someone else's playthrough.
Source: Lets Play / Markiplier
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