Directing FOR STAGE, FILM AND TV

What is the Director?  Director is responsible for integrating all the elements of a production: acting, sets, costumes, lights, sound, etc.

format  The Director:  Picks and Analyze play(s) (or scripts for film)  Arrive at an initial “Production Concept”  Work with designers  Cast the show with actors  Rehearse  Open

When picking a play the director must consider:  Why this play? What is interesting and/or exciting about it?  What is the play about? What is the dramatic action? What is the story being told?  Figure out how the play works - Genre, Style, Action, Objective, Obstacle, Super-Objective, Beats  What is key in Aristotle’s six parts? (Plot, Character, Idea, Language, Music, Spectacle)

Production concept  Production concept is : Brief description of the world of the play as you are going to produce it.  Interpretational focus - What will be emphasized or highlighted?  What are the choices of style for the production? Completes sentences like  – “The play will be set in _______ because ____”,  – “I see the play as being about _______ because”

Examples of interpretation Lion King Movie Lion King Stage

Different interpretations

A scene takes places in a forest…

A director can change the setting  How does changing the time and place of a story—effect the play?  Let’s look at the story of Cinderella

Cinderella in Different Settings

The fairy tale project  In your groups:  Choose a fairy tale  Share different possible directing concepts  Choose one persons concept—that person becomes the direct Director assign other people the roles of:  Set Designer  Costume designer  Hair and Make up  Props  Lighting and Sound

The assignment  The group is responsible for presenting:  The directors concept  2 set designs  2 costume designs  1 hair and make up look  1 sound effect/ back ground music  1 prop  Lighting image

images

Examples: SET

Costumes; hair and make up

Lighting and props

Musical Project DUE 5/7  Choose a musical made between , you can work alone or with a partner  Research this musical and create a presentation  Presentation should include  The musicals title and who wrote it  A Brief plot synopsis  At video clip from one major song from the show (if two are working together than 2 songs), explain where the song comes in the show and how it affects the plot and its development. Must be from a professional production (no high school or college productions)  Reasons why this musical is significant  Did it win any awards? Which ones and why?