So you want to spoof the viewing audience there is a real audience/ Not sure I see the problem. All you need are a few audience cutaways, and then perhaps a few people’s heads in some of the wider shots.trickier to produce are the audience’s laughs claps and other noises – but there are dozens of SFX clips available that should cover it. Not that difficult a process really. The essential thing is the performance area lit, and the audience area in the dark.
