REVERSE FLOW OF TECHNIQUE FROM FILMS TO THEATRE: A STUDY OF GIRISH KARNAD AND SAM SHEPARD THEATRICALITY

Abstract

Theatre is the predecessor of film. Theatre is an enactment on a stage with a live performance whereas the film is a recorded enactment on a screen. Both theatre and films are organically same as essentially they depict ‘a slice of life’. Each of them have evolved their own techniques basing on their scope and limitations. Film being the latter evolved form, adopted many techniques from its predecessor. People involved in one genre move to the other one and in the process contribute to the development of both. Usually people use the expertise and technique of theatre in films but sometimes it happens the other way too. Girish Karnad and Sam Shepard are famous theatre personalities and also have proven their hand in films. The present paper studies how Girish Karnad and Sam Shepard brought back into theatre the technique they learnt in films. It explores some of the screenplay techniques of films such as flash back, cut away, cut back, dream sequences, transition of scenes that are employed in their theatricality.