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Mastering Directing: Stage, Film, TV

A comprehensive guide comparing directing for stage, film, and TV, highlighting roles, responsibilities, rehearsal processes, and production concepts. Learn about types of directors, play selection, and creating a production concept.

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Mastering Directing: Stage, Film, TV

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  1. Directing For stage, film and tv

  2. Film vs. Live Performance • Directing for film is Visual Medium • The director controls where the audience is focusing their attention • The director can edit/make changes to actor’s performances after • Directing for Stage is a Performance medium • Live---can not make changes • Can attempt to focus the audiences attention, but audience can choose to look anywhere

  3. Film vs. theatre Film Theatre

  4. Responsibilities • 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

  5. Responsibilities • Turn the script into a production • Coordinate the efforts of a team of collaborators • Represent the intentions of the playwright and the expectations of the audience • Inspire the actors to perform their best • Create an environment in which each member of the theatre ensemble can excel • Offer creative solutions to questions and problems

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

  7. Rehearsal process • First Read • Table Work • Blocking Rehearsal • Run Through-s • Tech Rehearsals • Dress Rehearsal • Final Dress • PERFORMANCE

  8. Production Process • Design Meetings • Production meetings • Costume fittings • Dry Tech • Paper Tech • Load In • Technical Rehearsals • Final Dress

  9. Types of directors • Interpretive directors attempt to translate the play as they think the playwright would want it to be. • Traditional or classic interpration • Creative Directors create “concept productions” based on their unique ideas or interpretations of a play script • More Liberal or creative or free interpration • Think Shakespeare, Greek Tragedies, fairy tales

  10. 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)

  11. Production concept • Production Concept • The primary metaphor, symbol, or concept that is essential to the production of this play • Production meetings serve to bring the production team a central point in the collaborative process

  12. 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”

  13. examples

  14. A scene takes places in a forest…

  15. 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

  16. Cinderella in Different Settings

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. images

  20. Examples: SET

  21. Costumes; hair and make up

  22. Lighting and props

  23. Musical Project DUE 5/7 • Choose a musical made between 1904-2004, 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?

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