Comments on: Directing 101

By: Broadway Mouth

Broadway Mouth — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:50:55 +0000

My college director spent a ton of time developing a really solid foundation of interpretation. I’ve always been thankful for that because I’ve seen so many high school plays where no one has done any work on character or analysis of plot.

The one thing I feel like I want to learn more on (though I have no aspirations to directing professionally) is more stage movement. I know many concepts, but I feel like my stuff is too stiff.

I think that before you can analyze someone’s style, you have to know about it yourself. You have to have a foundation of theory and technique. That’s my thought at least. If I had a different prof, I might say something different, though.

By: director

director — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:35:11 +0000

Margaret: No problem!

Blue: Exactly! The class that I took barely covered anything related to directing. We did a little research into the famous directors, but after that, he turned us loose, and I felt robbed of a learning experience. I learned more directing a full production than I ever did in his class. I guess that’s normal, though.

By: Blue

Blue — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:20:24 +0000

Your “ideal” model is almost exactly how I run my directing class. I agree 100% — that learning how to communicate a proposal and a concept to a producer or to a design team is fundamental to a director’s success.

If you can’t explain why you are directing a play and what you want the performance to achieve, how will you ever be able to lead actors towards a unified result?

By: madmargaret

madmargaret — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:15:11 +0000

Hi Director! These articles are great! How about an article on how not to be perceived as Stalin? Apparently, I need lessons in that. Thanks for the note on my website — it’s much appreciated!