This year, the world-famous play or musical, Hamilton will be streaming on Disney Plus. This musical portrays the story of an American founding father, Alexander Hamilton, and how he rose out of poverty. It also shows his strength to stand against the backdrop of the American War of Independence. Hamilton received an overwhelming commercial success, so the creators made a few changes for the play to make it better for watching it on television. But some fans around the world seemed unsatisfied, which created a difference in how the creators have portrayed their creativity based on Hamilton, and the way fans wanted to experience the creation.
Some of the differences are:
Choreography
Watching a play or musical on television gives a different view and experience than watching it in a theatre. Apart from a good story and narrative, a well-coordinated choreography is what sets a musical apart. Without a magnificent dance routine, the musical lacks its signature value to elicit emotions and visuals. The difference relies on their moves and choreography. In the television medium, the choreography and the dancing do not do justice to the original dance that the audience enjoy on a theatre stage. Most of the attention in the television medium is on the camera and angles. This brings us to our next difference, i.e. angles.
Angle and Lighting
When the creator shoot for the medium of television, their focus shift on different angles of the camera to capture the facial expressions of the characters. They want to give an intimate view of the characters and their thoughts, emotions, moves, etc. But what the play lacks was the lighting effects. In theatre, lighting effects play a huge role to bring the character, their emotions, thoughts, and scenes alive. People who are keen to watch live shows missed the sense of a real musical in the television medium.
Props engagement
When a creator shoots for television, their primary focus is to capture the ongoing points, such as scenes, angles, etc. They have to make commercial and editorial decisions to make the play look more attention-grabbing to a particular happening or scene that they want the audience to see. This way, the audience doesn’t notice a lot of undergoing thoughts happening beyond the view. Moreover, when a person watches any play at a theatre, they are not able to see a lot of details or props, but television gives a closer view of every prop and object kept in the scenes, which can be pretty distracting.
Absence of spinning stage
When recording for a television medium, a lot of sets are created, which gives more space and doesn’t require a spinning stage. In theatres, the audience would enjoy the spinning stage as it flows seamlessly with the scenes that are happening in the play. Since the whole play has to be portrayed on a single stage, a spinning stage creates more room for creativity. It can be a little bit disorienting, but it makes a place looks well organized. Television lacks this factor and the emotions that a live play brings out of the audience.
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