The Director
I.
Traditional Roles and History
Roles
as an Artist:
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Leadership:
Artistic Authority |
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Imagination:
Artistic Sensitivity |
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Roles
in a Production as a Participant |
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Intuitive:
Right Brain, Aesthetic Shaping of Script |
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Interpretive:
Left Brain, Logical Progression of Plot/Script/Action |
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Stylist:
Choices, Selection, and Decision Making |
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Job Description: Turns the Script and its Ideas into Action and Movement to convey and communicate the Theme and Message to the Audience |
History:
Phase
I: Teacher Directors
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Greece
to Royal Period |
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Aristotle to Moliere |
Phase
II: Realistic Directors
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Antoine, Saxe-Meinengen, Stanislavsky, Belasco, Barker |
Phase
III: Stylizing Directors
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Fort, Meyerhold, Brooks |
Contemporary
Directors:
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Limited
only by their Imagination and Capabilities |
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Use
Conventions of the Past and Today |
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Style
is not an Obligatory Responsibility |
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Interpretation
does not have to be Difinitive |
II.
A Method of Directing
Preparatory
Phase:
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Development
of Concept: Discussion of Commanding Image |
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Selection
of Staff: Design and Stage Management |
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Guiding
the Design Elements: Suggestive, Corrective, Corraling |
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Casting the Acting Company: Talent, Character, Blind and Color Blind |
Implementation
Phase (Rehearsals):
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Staging,
Blocking, Flow, Focus, Picturization |
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Actor
Coaching & Guidance, Problem Solving |
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Pacing, Timing, Tempo, Rhythm |
Finishing
Phase:
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Coordinating
Performance and Production Elements |
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Presenting Techs, Dress, and Opening |
The Directors Means:
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Emphasis
and Subordination (Actor as Chess Piece) |
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Movement,
Gesture, and Business (Motivation and Emotional Connotation) |
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Voice
and Speech (Whispers, Cries, Variety) |
III.
Training of Directors
What
it Entails:
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Wide Expanse of Knowledge in Period and Acting Styles, History, Literature |
How
it is Obtained:
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Developing
Craft through Mastery and Understanding of Acting and Directing Techniques |
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Using
Theatre as a Resource by knowing History and Literature |
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Developing Empathy and Experience in Understanding Life as a Study to better portray the Human Condition |
Stage
Managers/Assistant Directors
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Reduce
Management and Coordinating |
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Physical
Central Processing Units |
| Professional vs. Academic |