Fundamentals of Directing
Author: Ric Knowles
Publisher:
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781770914704
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA guide for aspiring directors in the professional world of theatre, in Canada and beyond.
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Film Directing Fundamentals
Author: Nicholas Proferes
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2012-08-06
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1136069429
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVisualize your films before shooting!
Film Directing Fundamentals
Author: Nicholas T. Proferes
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2017-07-06
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 1351683128
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFilm Directing Fundamentals gives the novice director an organic methodology for realizing on-screen the full dramatic possibility of a screenplay. Unique among directing books, Nicholas Proferes provides clear-cut ways to translate a script to the screen. Using the script as a blueprint, the reader is led through specific techniques to analyze and translate its components into a visual story. A sample screenplay is included that explicates the techniques discussed. Written for both students and entry-level professionals, the book assumes no knowledge and introduces basic concepts and terminology. Appropriate for screenwriters, aspiring directors and filmmakers, Film Directing Fundamentals helps filmmakers bring their story to life on screen. This fourth edition is updated with a new foreword by Student Academy Award-winner Jimmy Keyrouz, who studied with author Nicholas Proferes, as well as an enhanced companion website by Laura J. Medina, available at www.routledge.com/cw/proferes, which features new supplemental material for both instructors and students, including two new analyses of contemporary films—Wendy and Lucy (2008) and Moonlight (2016)—study questions, suggested assignments and exercises, as well as the instructor’s manual written by Proferes in 2008.
Fundamentals of Film Directing
Author: David K. Irving
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2010-01-14
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780786447879
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCurrent and aspiring film directors can make their job easier by studying the 10 directing fundamentals outlined in detail in this book. The first five chapters are practical in nature: a successful director must first have a screenplay, a cast, a crew, a budget, and good health. The final five address the psychology of directing, including the development of craft, command, pace, luck, and “chutzpah,” which the author defines as “boldness coupled with extreme self-confidence.” Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Stage Directing
Author: Jim Patterson
Publisher: Waveland Press
Published: 2014-08-19
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 1478626860
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFlexible and concise, Stage Directing details the seven steps that make up the directing process: selecting a work, analyzing and researching the playscript, conceiving the production, casting, beginning rehearsals, polishing rehearsals, and giving and receiving criticism. Each step is highlighted with valuable directing tips, as well as examples from modern and contemporary playscripts and productions. Exercises, objectives, and key terms put directing precepts to a practical test, revealing what is significant about each phase of the process. Over eighty charts, graphs, and photographs unite to exemplify the text. With a fresh voice and an engaging writing style, Patterson provides insightful questions, suggestions, and illustrations that define and invoke contemplation about the role of the director. Three original short plays provide the opportunity for hands-on analysis and the application of practical concepts. In a final essay, Patterson highlights the function and growing artistry of the director in the modern and postmodern theatre by concisely examining the history of the director.
Directing Theater 101
Author: Wilma Marcus Chandler
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Published: 2017-08-17
Total Pages: 175
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat are the practical and creative elements for becoming a director? How do you get started? What is the best way for actors, designers, and crew to work with directors? This guide provides regional theater companies and new directors with the knowledge and tools they need to produce successful shows. Drawing on years of experience directing and producing plays, Wilma Marcus Chandler covers such topics as: * How to read and analyze a script and really understand it * How to visualize your show * How to get started, researching and thinking about concept, music, lights, sound, costumes * How to hold auditions * How to talk to your case and crew--and how to listen * How to stage a play, using blocking, body movement, stage business, exits and entrances * How to prepare a production, including rehearsal techniques, time lines, budgets, royalties, publicity * How to prepare a career in directing
The Director's Vision
Author: Louis E. Catron
Publisher: Waveland Press
Published: 2015-05-04
Total Pages: 367
ISBN-13: 1478629509
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe pursuit of excellence in theatre is well served by the latest edition of this eminently readable text by two directors with wide-ranging experience. In an engaging, conversational manner, the authors deftly combine a focus on artistic vision with a practical, organized methodology that allows beginning and established directors to bring a creative script interpretation to life for an audience.
Staging Story
Author: Bob Moss
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Published: 2022
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781559369978
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA resourceful guide for new and emerging directors that explores the fundamental elements for navigating the stage.
Play Directing
Author: Francis Hodge
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2015-11-19
Total Pages: 407
ISBN-13: 1317351029
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPlay Directing describes the various roles a director plays, from selection and analysis of the play, to working with actors and designers to bring the production to life. The authors emphasize that the role of the director as an artist-leader collaborating with actors and designers who look to the director for partnership in achieving their fullest, most creative expressions. The text emphasizes how the study of directing provides an intensive look at the structure of plays and acting, and of the process of design of scenery, costume, lighting, and sound that together make a produced play.
Directing - a Handbook for Emerging Theatre Directors
Author: Rob Swain
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2011-09-29
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 1408156628
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe theatre director is one of the most critical roles in a successful drama company, yet there are no formal qualifications required for entry into this profession. This practical guide for emerging theatre directors answers all the key questions from the very beginning of your career to key stages as you establish your credentials and get professionally recognized. It analyzes the director's role through relationships with the actors, author, designer, production manager and creative teams and provides vital advice for "on-the-job" situations where professional experience is invaluable. The book also provides an overview of the many approaches to acting methodology without focusing on any in particular to allow the director to develop their own unique methods of working with any actor's style. Each chapter includes these key features: * Introduces important theories, identifies practitioners and provides key reading to provide an overview of historic and current practice. * Interviews with leading practitioners and emerging directors. * Suggested exercises to develop the director's own approach and practical skills.
