The difference of expert opinion nonetheless forms an important backcloth to the submissions made on the claimant's behalf.
Instrumental music is important for creating or enhancing the atmosphere where words are silent, or as a backcloth for speech that is often melancholy and reflective.
A fabrication woven from fear, anxiety, fantasy and myth formed the backcloth for the initial encounter between Europeans and Africans.
In these circumstances scenery was possible, though usually restricted to a backcloth and drapes, but there was no acting.
The lighting was also poor, spoiling the effect of the marvellous backcloth which for some reason looked as if it was on Mars, bathed in a light that threw out uniform reddish tones.