Both the teleplay script and the filmed episode of “The Monsters are due on Maple Street” tell the story of how everything stopped working on Maple Street and everyone is confused but then some little kid comes up with a conspiracy theory and causes amongst the people. Both mediums use unique techniques to develop the story, bring the story to life, and create an ominous and creepy mood. In the script, “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street,” the author uses the Stage Direction technique in the story. For example, in the script, “Maple Street” is a daytime. Then we see the street below. It is a quiet, tree-lined, small-town American street. The houses have front porches on which people sit and swing on gliders, talking across from house to house. Steve Brand is polishing his car, which is parked in front of his house.His neighbor, Don Martin, leans against the fender watching him. …show more content…
This has an effect on the audience because it can help us imagine what is going on in the text in our heads and helps us know what is going on in the text. In the episode of “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street,” the director uses Visual Techniques to better the play An example of Visual Techniques is in the episode when it goes over the sign of Maple Street and shows kids an ice cream vendor giving ice cream to little kids and the shot of the starry night and dark lighting helps us know that this story is at night. This has an effect on the audience because we can see where and when the story takes place because of the close up shots of the starry night and the maple street sign, this helps us know more about the story. The visual technique has an impact on the text because the close up shots of different things helps us know what is going on in the text. In the script of “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street,” the author uses the Stage Direction technique in the