Maranda Trapolsi's Graduation Project: Narrowing It Down

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Narrowing It Down

Today I really narrowed my project down. I narrowed it down from a broad topic of theater to just directing. I am going to focus on directing method, tips, etc. I found about four more sources which brings me up to ten and I also found two books that will be of help that I can check out of the library when the time comes. I also think that i found my essential question for my project. I think that its going to be "What directing methods are best?" But I also need to explore other options as well.

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samSeptember 15, 2009 at 11:48 AM
In considering your essential question, don't forget who you will be directing, where you will be directing, what you will be directing, and why you will be directing.
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Key Terms

Actor - a person who performs in a play
Audience - the people who go to a theater to see a play being performed
Blocking - the movements and the actions the actor makes on stage
Cast - the group of actors performing a specific play
Casting - the act of putting different actors into different roles in a play, usually based off of an audition
Character - a person in the play who is portrayed by an actor
Company - company is another word for cast
Crew - the crew works behind the scenes, making sets and setting up the stage both before the performance starts and during the performance whenever there is a scene change
Cue - is usually a line said by an actor that prompts the stage crew to either change the lighting, play a sound, or change a scene
Director - the person who tells the actor of a play what to do so that the production is ready to be performed
Dress Rehearsal - when the actors practice performing the play as if they were actually performing it, there is no use of a script, the actors are in costume and perform with all of the sound and light crews, the director keeps all note that they may have until the performance is finished
Playwright - a person who writes a play
Props - anything that an actor will need during the performance ex: pen, book, cups etc
Read-Through - when the actors just read the script without doing any blocking
Rehearsal - a time before the final production where the actors and the director practice performing the play
Run-Through - when actors run through the entire play including blocking usually done without the use of scripts, the director will stop the play and give notes as they see neccessary
Script - the play itself in print of the actor's lines and stage directions
Set - everything on the stage during a performance excluding the actors especially the background
Stage Manager - controls everything behind the scenes including lighting and sound cues
Theater - a place in which a play is performed, usually contains a stage, a backstage, seating area, and a dressing room or an actor's lounge

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Narrowing It Down

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