Directing

Question 1

History of the director

Answer 1

• Today’s directing didn’t emerge till the late 1800s
• English Renaissance - Actor-Manager
• 19th century - plays become more elaborate - requirement of a director comes in

Question 2

roles of the director

Answer 2

• Oversees elements of production
• Overall vision
• Research
• analyses text
• works w/ designers to develop visual world
• director directs actors
• merges work of creative team to create a unified production

Question 3

The Stanislavsky System

Answer 3

• Attempt to develop a sequence and logic to emotions that makes it possible to replicate them
  -This system is designed to help actors step into their characters with an “if”
• Stakes
• Objective
• Super objective
  Action/ Tactic

Question 4

staging

Answer 4

• Practical
• Storytelling
• Artistic

Question 5

Composition

Answer 5

• Body position - relative to front of stage
• Levels - relative to height of actors’ bodies
• Planes - Position of actors upstage or downstage
• Horizontal location

Question 6

Emphasis in composition

Answer 6

Focus - where the actors are looking/ line of their bodies
Diagonals - two actors creating a line
Triangles - Actor at the apex draws the most attention
Mass - one actor isolated from a group
Repetition - Groups of actors behind one actor repeating actions/ body positions