H56.1069 Studio 3 Credits
Course Level: Fundamental
Course is repeatable; you may take up to 9 points total of Directing the Actor and Directing the Camera.
(Formerly Directing I.)
Prerequisites: Two of the following: Actor’s Craft I (H56.1024), Actor-Director Workshop (H56.1025). Sight and Sound: Studio (H56.0051), Freshman Colloquium: Performance Strategies (H56.0046)
A practical workshop in the fundamentals of directing, this course explores the working relationship between actor, director, and script. The focus lies in the director’s work with analyzing a script and communicating its meaning and action to actors and crew. Work is done on film scenes with fellow students as actors on the rehearsal process, on improvisational work and problem solving exercising. Review of actor’s tools and discussion of their exploration is included, as well as scenes from films to demonstrate certain techniques.
