Name: 【TED】David Korins: 3 ways to create a space that moves you, from a Broadway set designer (3 ways to create a space that moves you, from a Broadway set designer | David Korins)
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Adverbs of degree

filling in those little tiny circles with your No. 2 pencil --

you can see that perfectly written cursive alphabet,

you can hear, tick, tick, tick, ticking on the wall, that industrial clock.

But most importantly, you can feel that oppressive fluorescent light,

And you can't take it anymore, but you don't have to,

because Miss Darling says, "OK, boys and girls, you're done."

So you jump up -- I mean, there is nothing left of you but a vapor trail.

You move so quickly, you slam that little molded plastic chair,

you go past the Lysol smell and the BO smell and the cubbies,

Making revelations of space is what I do; I'm a designer and creative director,

I do it for all sorts of people in all kinds of different ways,

and it might seem complicated, but it's not.

And over the next couple of minutes, I'm going to give you three ways

that I think you can move through your world

so that you, too, can make revelations of space, or at least reveal them.

I know, I know, I know: blah, blah, blah, New Yorker, blah, blah, blah, therapy.

But seriously, therapy -- you have to know why you're doing these things, right?

When I got the job of designing "Hamilton,"

"Why are we telling this 246-year-old story?

What is it about the story that you want to say,

and what do you want people to feel like when they experience the show?"

It's important. When we get that, we move into step two: the design phase.

And I'll give you some little tricks about that,

but the design phase is important because we get to make these cool toys.

I reach into Lin's brain, he reaches into mine,

and I say, "Does this world look like the world

that you think could be a place where we could house your show?"

If the answer is yes -- and when the answer is yes --

we move into what I think is the most terrifying part,

The execution phase is when we get to build this thing,

and when this conversation goes from a few people to a few hundred people

We put it in this beautiful little thing,

put it in the "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" super-sizer machine

until we show up onstage and go, "Is it OK? Is it OK?"

you don't have to have a book that you want to turn into a show

You're already starring in a show, by the way. It's called your life.

But seriously, Shakespeare said it: "All the world's a stage."

What he screwed up royally was that part where he said,

It's ridiculous. We're not merely players.

We are the costume designers and the lighting designers

and I want to get you to think about being the set designer in your world.

Because I think you can leave here if you do these three steps

and a couple of little tricks, as I said, I'm going to tell you,

That's what the therapist says: "How are you feeling today?"

It's important to remember that, because when we design the world for you,

It tells you that emotion is going to become light and color.

is a show I designed called "Dear Evan Hansen."

"Dear Evan Hansen" exists -- oh my God --

"Dear Evan Hansen" exists in a world of almost all light and color.

Inky-black darkness is a color the way that sadness is an emotion.

And this show transforms people, but not before it wrecks people.

I bet you're wondering, "How expensive could the set possibly be to transform you

【TED】David Korins: 3 ways to create a space that moves you, from a Broadway set designer (3 ways to create a space that moves you, from a Broadway set designer | David Korins)

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