Directing 2
Subject is not scheduled Not scheduled
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 204REZ2 | Z | 1 | 1T | Czech | summer |
Subject guarantor
Name of lecturer(s)
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Senior MA program teacher - as selected by the student
- Familiarising students with the basic concepts of direction.
- Developing and formulating students' authorial creative potential.
- Developing an ability for practical directorial work (space, orchestrating different elements, rehearsal process, theoretical preparation).
- Learning to cooperate with and direct actors. Ability to work with a team.
- Developing and teaching a theoretical reflection on own work.
Mode of study
Classes, consultations, exams, reviews.
Prerequisites and co-requisites
- Creativity.
- Capacity for reflection.
- Ability to communicate and a sense for team work.
- Capacity for analysis and synthesis.
- Spontaneity.
- Creative gifts.
- Organisational abilities.
Course contents
Curriculum:
- Dramatic situation. Performing in the situation.
- Plot, motive, theme. Building the situation.
- Acting. The actor's role in the situation. The work of acting.
- Team collaboration with the dramaturg, set designer, composer. Theoretical preparation of the production.
- Practical directing work and its reflection.
- The direction itself. The whole of the production.
Syllabus:
From the beginning the study process is built around the dual practical and theoretical elements of teaching. Emphasis is placed on students' authorial, creative and authentic approach to the study subject. The first year emphasises research into the possibilities of theatrical direction from literary authorial creation and its transfer to a theatrical form. At a theoretical level this involves the designation and development of a situation as the basic component of a stage production. Another phase of study focuses on searching for stage devices and their orchestration. At this stage it is essential to study and research acting possibilities, especially in a practical situation. From the beginning, students learn team collaboration with a dramaturg, fine-artist, and musician; in the third year this will lead to an ability to realise a theatrical production. Study shall include regular reflection on practical direction with an emphasis on the ability to precisely formulate and analyse individual phases of work on productions and study assignments.
Recommended or required reading
K. S. Stanislavskij: My Life in Art.
Peter Brook: Empty Space.
Jan Císař: Theory of Puppet Theatre Acting.
Bertolt Brecht: Myšlenky o divadle
Denis Diderot: Herecký paradox
Jan Hyvnar: The Actor in Modern Theatre
E.G. Craig: The Actor and Uber-Marionette
Otakar Zich: Aesthetics of Dramatic Art
Jiří Veltruský: Contribution to Theatre Theory
Anatolij Efros: Theatre My Love
Jindřich Honzl: Mimický znak a mimický příznak
And others
Assessment methods and criteria
On-going consultations, supervision in rehearsals, review. Grading reflects the creativity results as well as their review and clarity of students future profile.
Note
The course of study is determined by the person selected to be the master's study supervisor.
Instruction schedule see: www DAMU / katedra ALD / Rozvrhy hodin
Further information
No schedule has been prepared for this course