TH 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Fourth Wall, Annie Baker, Lighting Designer
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A play is a collaboration of a group of people. Starts with producers who front the cost of the movie which then follows a process thats goes producer playwright director stage manager set designers costume designers makeup artists lighting designer sound engineers musicians and actors. The playwright is the one where it begins and its whos idea it is. None of shakespeare s plays were originals, all were adaptations of other works. Example is the lion king which was based off the animated film. Examples of originals are like the laramie project. Play based off 200 interviews and then premieres in denver and then moves to new york. Less about the work situation and more about the theatrical experiment of the 4th wall being a movie screen. Caused her to finally write the play after toying around with. What happens after the play is written the concept for a while.
