Stage to Film

Catalog description

Through play readings, viewing selected films of plays and occasional attendance at performances, students will analyze and examine distinctions between theatre and film as they pertain to film adaptation. Students will compare and contrast aesthetic, economic, social, and political issues involved in the translation and adaptation of stage plays to film. Addresses the relevance of theatre as a medium focused on the delivery of human energy in relationship to film as a mechanized counterpart in an increasingly technologically focused society. Satisfies GE area: UD3 Satisfies Diversity & Equity area: DEu