Lions' Digest Winter Issue 03 2020

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them, the cast would be unable to bring their
characters fully to life.
The filming process for this production has
been drastically different than anything else the
Thespians have done, probably because they’ve
never filmed something before.
While talking about the filming process, State
High sophomore Madeleine Christopher spoke
on how it all started.
“I was actually the first person to film all my
stuff, so that was on Saturday the 14th (of
November) … I mean, it felt weird because I was
the only person there but it was fun to do it
even if it was just for Jill and the techies,” she
said.
Despite not having the glamour of a live
audience she’s otherwise used to, Christopher
was content in knowing she was still putting on
a show.
Similarly, Frank Liu, senior editor of the
entire production, commented on his role in
filmmaking.
“I’m editing monologues along with several
other editors, as well as helping Jill Campbell
supervise production,” Liu said.
Liu is in control of various different aspects of
the process, from directing what actors are to do
to explaining what emotions they are to portray.
Adding on to his observations of the process,
Liu noted, “[It] has been highly collaborative…
and has conscripted a lot of students that
wouldn’t necessarily work on a theater
production, including me. So that would be like
editors, musicians, sound designers, and so on.”
The editing of Women of Spoon River has been a
large bulk of the production as a whole. In the
face of the large workload, editors have found
themselves working together as they delegate and
divide the workload to finish the project.