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
...ssence, Adam Burke’s perception on directing and theatre production is very useful insight. He expressed that importance of a director being a true leader. A director must navigate the cast and crew to a particular vision and keep them on that path. In addition, a director must be professional and maintain a positive attitude when it comes to dealing with opposition from a crewmember in the production. Essentially, Adam Burke expresses that a director must stay ahead, in regards to funneling the cast towards the appropriate vision and talking dealing with any problems that arise. Additionally, if there are any mistakes during the performance, it is okay because the audience does not expect a flawless production. In fact, it’s the exact opposite. Overall, I thought Mr. Burke did an exceptional job answering our questions and I would like to thank him for his time.
I am always a little nervous and hesitant when I begin writing an essay. Ever since I was little I was an honor roll student, passed all my tests, was placed in honors and AP classes, and eventually graduated a year early from high school. I used to be so confident when I would begin writing a paper, I could finish it within a couple minutes. During junior year of high school, I began taking duel credit classes. I was passing all the classes so far until I reached English 111. It was an 8-week course and I started to get overwhelmed. All throughout the course I was having a little bit of trouble on the essays. I would still receive a passing grade, but it wasn’t an A. I began becoming a little discouraged and didn’t understand what was going
During the course of the quarter, I feel that I have progressed somewhat. I've gained a lot of knowledge on rhetorical strategies and how to present arguments effectively. In the writings I have written, I feel that each writing works towards meeting the course goals. Logos, ethos, and pathos were strategies and ideas we were introduced to (if not already in the past) and were built upon throughout the quarter. The knowledge gained over the course of the quarter weren't only those three types of appeals. Rhetorical strategies like proposals helped reinforce the course and using rhetorical analysis in different situations have become easier throughout the quarter. I believe that I have made sufficient progress towards becoming a better writer this way.
Up until this year, before taking the class intermediate composition, I thought I was a terrible writer. I was right. Writing isn’t something that I enjoy doing, nor am I good at. Writing is difficult for me because I’m not very good at explaining things in a professional manner, that can be easily well written. While writing you are expected to make little to no mistakes, which is not something I’m great at. I am so much better at explaining things with verbal words rather than written words. I had not taken any extra writing classes before this year rather than the mandatory ones. Like I had stated before, I hate writing, with a passion. I dread writing anything, especially an essay for school, like this one. I’m
Multiple essays have been formulated during the duration of Composition 1. These essays have taught me an important lesson about my writing, failure is acceptable in order to grow. On the other hand, I made an important discovery last year that I want to study journalism and advance further in that field after college. From taking journalism classes, to blogging in my spare time, to always getting an A on my papers, I thought I had no room to improve. I was mistaken. Therefore, because of the rigorous essay work each essay brought, I learned more about how to write different pieces and grow from my “failure”.
Initial Reflective Essay When I first thought of what I wanted to do with my life after college, the first thing I thought of was helping people. The next step in deciding what I wanted to do with my life was to examine how I could accomplish this goal. I started pondering and I was thinking about how much I love to take care of my body. Health care and personal hygiene has always been an important factor in my life. So I decided to major in Health Sciences.
this area but I’m going to improve on it. The process of using multiple drafts has
When someone goes to watch a play, they are usually focused around the actors. Never really reminding them or thinking about all the other jobs and efforts that are used to put together his production. It is often looked past, that the whole play was thought up by a director. What they are watching was something that a director had to envision. The director is the boss of the play. They are physically directing what the actors and actresses need to do. But being a theatre director is not just about telling actors what to do during scenes. Being a theatre director means having a vision and something unique that you have to say. But instead of talking or writing what you have to say, you make a visual reference that actually shows and plays out emotions of what you are trying to say. An old high school drama teacher states, “Being a director means trying to control what is, at times, uncontrollable. It’s like trying to coordinate something that is next to impossible, but when you do it right, there’s no better feelings.”(Gratzer 2014). Being a good theatre director is kind of a mix of a poet and a general. You have to be part poet so you can have the unique message which you are trying to tell through emotions and sight. But you have to have the mix with a general because you have to tell your actors what to do, how to do it, and unite them to make them get your message out as clear as possible. Also having enough perseverance and patience to make sure that this long-term project will be seen all the through. “Being a Director requires great creative vision, dedication and commitment. Directors are ultimately responsible for .. success or failure." (http://www.creativeskillset.org/) Directing a play has three main phases, the fir...
Firstly, I didn’t like my group’s transitions because everyone was all over the place. Many people didn’t know where to go and had to be directed in between scenes (during transition time). I believe this definitely had a negative impact on the audience because the transitions weren’t smooth which might have thrown off the audience. Secondly, my group could have held their freeze with more focus. I base my criticism off of the last scene when the music started playing; most of the actors (Jack and the giant) on stage started to laugh and didn’t hold their freeze.
My first time directing and working on a project was challenging, entertaining, and collaborative. I took a workshop class at Five Towns College where I created a silent and short film. Managing the short film was more difficult and time-consuming than I intended. As we were shooting, I envisioned the type of lighting and camera angles during a shoot that had time constraints. Therefore, if I had properly planned during pre-production, I would have more time to shoot different camera angles and have sufficient lighting. Although the film was dramatic, I had the pleasure of working with an actress who was very interesting. When we were shooting her scene, she would swear in her lines and one time she came barefooted for her entire shoot. Overall,
While writing the script, the group saw how difficult it could be to add the small details within a performance. As we met, we worked long, hard hours on the dialogue and motions that would take place. Our meetings
I know exactly how I wanted the end product to look like, however achieving it proved harder than I expected. One main thing that stood out to me as to what was causing the creativity block, was my lack of authority. As this was my first directing role, having to tell my actors just exactly I wanted them to do with enough discipline was hard. And as a result of this, progression within our first few rehearsals was very limited. Nevertheless, by the time my group and I had met up during outside lecture time for the fourth time, we made sensational progress.
I will throw all of the food he didn’t eat that is on his plate away, I will then put his plate, spoon, fork, and cup in the sink. Blake has to do the final step of throwing away his napkin into the trash and pushing in his chair.
This project was a difficult one, however, I am thankful for the learning experience. I will be directing high school shows, so directing is a skill I have to master. I am new to this, and there is so much I need to learn. Going into this project there were many things I had concerns about. For instance, would I be able to build enough of a relationship with my actors that they would feel comfortable doing what I expected of them. Could I effectively
There wasn’t any particular scene on stage that made me doubt the integrative work of the director since all the staging work such as lighting, design, costumes and performance were well coordinated and blended for a very good production. The lights were well positioned with well fitted costumes and a very ideal scene to match. There wasn’t much change of scenes in the play except for some movement of tables and chairs. There was an entrance and exit for the performers which made their movements uninterrupted. There was a loud sound of a bell when school was over while the lights were dimmed whenever there was a change of scene. The pace of the production was very smooth since one scene followed the other without delay and most likely because most of the performers wore the same costume; especially all eight students wore the same costume for the entire