Fundamentals of Directing
eBook - PDF

Fundamentals of Directing

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Fundamentals of Directing

About this book

Concise and practical, Fundamentals of Directing is a distillation of Ric Knowles's twenty-five years of experience as a director, teacher of directing, and dramaturge across Canada. Organized to reproduce the chronology of a play's rehearsal, the book moves through the various stages of the directorial process, from selecting a project through auditioning; working with designers, actors, and technicians; to coordinating the work of the full company through tech week to closing night. It also, and uniquely, includes important appendices on the work of directors in devised theatre and new-play development.

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Table of contents

  1. _GoBack
  2. Foreword
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. Script Analysis
  7. 2. Style
  8. 3. Planning the Process
  9. 4. Talking with Designers
  10. 5. Auditioning and Casting
  11. 6. First Meeting
  12. 7. Production Notes, Production Meetings, and Fittings
  13. 8. Character, Role, and Task
  14. 9. Space, Blocking, and Proxemics
  15. 10. Stylized Movement
  16. 11. Scene Work and Problem-Solving
  17. 12. Making Decisions, Narrowing Choices, Refining Scope
  18. 13. Working with Sound, Light, and Projections
  19. 14. Tech Week
  20. 15. Conclusion
  21. Appendix A: New Play Development
  22. Appendix B: Devising
  23. Index