Fundamentals of Directing

Ric Knowles, Pat Flood

• Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN:
  9781770914704
• eBook ISBN:
  9781770914711
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Canadian Drama

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.

Table of contents

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