TPA-2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Movie Theater, Sound Reinforcement System, Scree
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The work of the playwright is generally a reflection of their concerns and experiences. Knowing something about the social, political, and personal experiences of the playwright will often tell the designer a great deal about the goals of the play. ) Will the conflict have meaning today: conflict in the movie creates conflict in the play, strain between the two characters. What exactly is their relationship to each other: presenting a situation to make a comment rather than presenting a conflict to tell the story, comment is made by director, open script can be interpreted in many ways. Note specific or general locations given by the playwright or through textual references spoken by a character: movie theatre, could be set in surrealistic place or realistic. Open up floor for setting and costumes. timelessness: could be placed whenever, no specific time of day either, most likely night since they are seeing a movie.
