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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brown Jenkin" data-source="post: 4510972" data-attributes="member: 2572">Television and Film scripts have always been designed to be single use items, plays are designed to be staged multiple times with multiple actors and directors. Television and Film are often written for particular actors and those same actors  play an equal role in creating the character that is presented. In addition the sets and cinematography in television and films is much more an integral part of the overall product and form part of the experience in a way that far exceeds set creation in theater. I go to theater to see the dialogue as presented by the actors, I watch TV for both the visuals and the words.But they are the same words though. When a play is written it is assumed that different actors and directors will interpret things differently. If the writer is concerned that a character or scene be interpreted in one particular way they will include set directions or notes as to how it should be performed. In theater the playwright is generally considered the owner of the concept and is the one recognized for a particular work. In film and television the writer is often considered a disposable part of the creation process. Some scripts are rewritten dozens of times by dozens of writers before being accepted. In film the director is usually given credit for the work and practically no-one knows who the writer is.Since I consider Film and TV a more visual medium I would compare it more to artwork. Would those who are into remakes be equally enthused with remakes  and reinterpretations of things like the Mona Lisa and consider them on the same par as the original?</blockquote>

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