Directing 3

Tutor:

Daniel HRBEK

Synopsis:

A subject focusing on a theoretical and practical acquaintanceship withh the process of directorial work and on the confrontation with the most important trends in modern and contemporary Czech and international direction. After a theoretical introduction to elementary terminology and getting to know key methodological procedures the studies are correspondingly driven by preparation, ongoing generalisation and reflections on work in performance tasks. Preparation develops chiefly on the basis of interpreting literature for the theatre, particularly drama which the direction builds using stage devices as an integrated structure and specific system.

Prerequisites:

Study Objectives:

1. The ability to read and interpret a text and create a dramaturgic-directorial concept.

2. The ability to analyse a dramatic situation and the motivation for the behaviour of dramatic figures.

3. The ability to lead and motivate actors in a warm-up of the situation between director and actor.

4. The ability to create and organise a dramatic space.

5. The ability for scenic stylisation and diversification.

6. The ability for time-space expression of the sense of a dramatic situation using mis-en-scenes.

7. The ability to coordinate and control all elements of creative performances and their harmonisation in a single thematic whole.

Outline and Syllabus:

1. The performance objective and the dramaturgic-directorial concept.

2. A structural analysis of the dramatic situation and the motivation for the behaviour of dramatic figures.

3. Conventional and expressive behaviour and actions in a dramatic situation.

4. Scenic stylisation - its possibilities and drawbacks.

5. Creating and organising a dramatic space.

6. Fabulation between director and actor, warming up a situation and creating mis-en-scenes.

7. Performance as an entire structure and a specific system.

Syllabus:

Based on an analysis of the relevant dramatic material students are encouraged to create a dramaturgic directorial concept and to name the performance objective. The main starting point is in the first stage of study chiefly a practical structural analysis of the dramatic situation and its components. The analysis is understood to be the basis of scenic realisation, in which emphasis is placed chiefly on a clear and lucid time-space expression of the meaning of a dramatic situation using mis-en-scenes. The individual phases of a situation are accented, develped and diversified with regard to their thematic importance from the point of view of the whole. In the director's management of actors during the situation warm-up emphasis is placed on the motivation of the dramatic figures emerging from the relevant circumstances. Students also learn to create and organise a dramatic space as a hierarchic structure of thematic relations between individual elements in the stage space. During studies special emphasis is placed on developing coordination and the harmonisation of all elements creating a performance as a single thematic whole.

Study materials:

Artaud, A.; Divadlo a jeho dvojenec; Herrmann, Praha 1994

Barba, A.; Slovník divadelní antropologie; Div. ústav, Lid. noviny; Praha 2000

Brecht, B.; Myšlenky; Čs. spisovatel; Praha 1958

Brockett, 0. G.; Dějiny divadla; Lidové noviny, Divadelní ústav; Praha 1999

Brook, P.; Prázdný prostor; Panorama; Praha 1988

Brook, P.; Nitky času; Divadelní ústav; Praha 2004

Burian, E. F.; O nové divadlo; Praha 1946

Císař, J.; Člověk v situaci; ISV; Praha 2000

Císař, J.; Základy činoherní režie; Horizont; Praha 1984

Čechov, M.; O herecké technice; Divadelní ústav; Praha 1996

Efros, A.; Divadlo má láska; Panorama; Praha 1980

Efros, A.; Povolání - Režisér; Panorama; Praha 1986

Frejka, J.; Divadlo je vesmír; Divadelní ústav; Praha 2004

Grossman, J.; Analýzy; Čs. spisovatel; Praha 1991

Hilar, K. H.; O divadle; Divadelní ústav; Praha 2002

Hyvnar, J. ; Herec v moderním divadle; Pražská scéna; Praha 2000

Kraus, K. ; O divadle; Lidové noviny; Praha 1990

Pilátová, J. ; Jerzy Grotowski a teatr Laboratorium; PKS; Praha 1990

Stanislavskij, K. S.; Můj život v umění; Praha 1962

Vostrý, J.; O hercích a herectví; Achát; Praha 1998

Vostrý, J.; Režie je umění; AMU; Praha 2001

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2008/2009:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Fri
Thu
Fri	místnost K101 Učebna () HRBEK D. 10:00–12:15 (paralelka 1) místnost K333 Učebna () HRBEK D. 10:00–12:15 (paralelka 1)

Schedule for summer semester 2008/2009:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Doporučený bakalářský režie a dramaturgie ČD (main subject)