Topic One - pg. 3-45

 

Answer the following prompts:

• What are the three qualities the writer identifies as qualities of successful directors?

  • Please explain what these qualities mean to you.

 

• How do directors use the Five W’s to help them in their initial steps of discovering their limitations?

 

• Please identify the three Teds and their importance to the production team.

 

• How do most organizations handle the inability to hire all the specialists need for a production?

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• Please identify the crews needed for the success of your production?

 

• Why is where the production is to be presented important when picking a piece to direct.

 

• Please list the areas where your budget will be used for your production.

 

• Give a quick synopsis of the following:

  • Contest Play

  • Coffee House Theater

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Where can one find plays to produce?

 

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Topic Two - Act Two pg. 45-71

 

Answer the following prompts:

 

• Directors need to analyze the plays they will work on explain the importance of the following:

  • Using the Title

  • The Copyright Date

  • The Names of the Characters

  • The Functions of the Characters

  • Speeches

  • Playwrights Intent

 

• Explain what a French Scene is and how to apply it when identifying the units of a play.

 

• What are the three key elements that the director needs to identify?

 

• Explain the importance of understanding:

  • Exposition

  • Resolution

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• What are the five important pieces of information a rehearsal schedule needs?

 

• What is the minimum rehearsal time suggested for:

  • A Full Length Production

  • One Act Play 

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• Explain the Nine Phases of the Rehearsal Process in one sentence.

 

• Explain the following in once sentence:

  • Dry Tech

  • Wet Tech

  • Dress Rehearsals

  • Preview Performance

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Topic Three  - Act Two pg. 71-100

 

• What info should you be able to share with a set designer during your first meeting regarding flats, platforms, performance spaces etc?

 

• Why is it important to share images, thoughts, words and other examples for the discuss your ideas about the play?

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• What are practical needs for a set?

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• Please explain in a sentence or two  the following terms:

  • Realism

  • Selective Realism

  • Stylization

  • Symbolism

  • Formalism

 

• What do the following terms mean:

  • Balance

  • Architectural Logic

  • Entrances

  • Sight Lines

  • Broken Line

  • Variety

  • Placement

  • Focus

  • Movement Patterns

  • Door Units

  • Renderings

  • Scale Models

 

• Please identify:

  • Set Props

  • Hand Props

  • Personal props

  • Decor or Filler Props

 

• Please identify the four specific ways that lighting can enhance a production.

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• What are the 5 objectives of Costume Design and why are they important?

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• Why is being specific with character needs important for a Costume Designer to know?

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Topic Four - pg. 100-137

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• Share the Stage Managers responsibilities during rehearsals?

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• What are the Stage Managers responsibilities during the dress rehearsals and performances?

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• Why is the most important part of the any production the casting process?

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• How does a director create a Character Description?

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• What are sides or a cutting for an audition?

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• What is the difference between an Open Audition and a Closed Audition?

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• What are the six pieces of criteria the can help you cast your show?

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• What some concerns that a director needs to be aware of when casting?

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Topic Five - pg. 143-205

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• What are guidelines for effective leadership?

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• What is the difference between Stage Movement and Stage Business?

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• Please explain the three phases of blocking?

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• What body positions and compositions are interesting for an audience?

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• Which type of turn and crosses should be used?

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• What is countering?

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• What are some techniques that help an actor create a character?

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• Please Identify 6 ways to offer direction?

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• What is the least effective way to give critique?

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• What are some special considerations for producing a Period Piece?

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• What are some special considerations for producing a Musical?

 

 

Topic Six - pg. 205-245

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• What is the best way to figure out the pricing of tickets?

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• What are some specific ways to promote your production?

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• What are some ways you can be featured in the Press?

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