DRAM 1310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Elizabeth Lecompte, Sound Design, Light Plot
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Sound designer most recent addition to theatre process. Music and sound effects have been fundamental to theatre performance. Storm effect created by snapping or shaking a metal thunder sheet. Technological advances revolutionized the way sound is used and produced in the theatre. Like light plot and sequence of light cues. The integration of sound into the production process. Sound is effectively integrated if sound designer is included in earliest stages of planning process. Elizabeth lecompte (director of wooster group) i wouldn"t do a show without sound that would be losing one of the performers. Sound design combination of live sound, recorded sound and musical cues. To refer to japanese ancestry of the characters. To create the atmosphere of the vast and isolated imperial. Provide evidence of the events in characters" lives. Victrola used to play japanese records. Sound score offered an aural presentation of the world of the play that paralleled the visual presentation through the scenic and costume elements.
