What is a diorama? Box dioramas; setting the scene, controlling the lighting, colour effects, setting the moment, and the box...
Building upon my previous post of trying to define what is a diorama, if we look at the subject of Box Dioramas, I still regard the composition (setting, snapshot, storytelling & emotional response) still existing within the design elements. Now it’s about the setting, the viewing angle, and all the lighting, the reveal, the actual box and the technical skills to bringing that all together… In a simple description: Stage setting. Except it’s in a scale far smaller than 1:1…. There’s controlled lighting (Natural or powered), framing of the point of view – a open air diorama, consideration needs to be given to the 360-degree view, not as much a consideration for a box diorama. And some kind of character depicting an action, or a moment…. Box Dioramas can be quite simple, and I’m reminded (and hope you are too) of the most basic diorama we’ve all ever done… The open sided cardboard box…. this is a Butterfly diorama 1 , from Richard Morgan, Utah. Richard’s daugh