Directing Reflective Essay

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Because of my past experiences with directing, I was a bit nervous and concerned to begin this course. With multiple directing credits under my belt, I was not so sure how much I would grow throughout the process of directing a 10 minute scene, yet I was surprised with the outcome. While I had expected to receive a more hands-on learning experience with more directing activities and exercises than we were able to have, I still feel like I learned quite a bit, and questions about directing still arose. My goal in January was to become a more organized, knowledgeable, confident, and collaborative director, and I believe that almost all of these objectives were met to some extent throughout the process. My favorite part of the course was breaking up into small …show more content…

I have experienced directing friends and peers before, but I am not sure that this project has taught me how to do so more effectively, as I had hoped. The lack of a team of additional creatives, which a full-length production would usually provide, added another struggle to the mix. Getting all of the work done alone made the process feel a bit rushed, despite having a month to create a ten minute scene and remaining on track with rehearsals. Sadly, it felt that I was not always focused directly on my actors because I struggled with finding a balance between following along with the text and actually watching what the cast was doing, and I was never really sure how to fix that. There were some instances where I was pleasantly surprised with the choices being made onstage as the cast became more comfortable with the text. On the other hand, I realized that there were moments where I felt like I missed an issue that could have been resolved much

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