First Working Phases of Stage Directing
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| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 204PUSDF | exam | 2 | 28 hours (45 min) of instruction per semester, 29 to 39 hours of self-study | English |
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Contents
Students will learn about the preparatory stages of stage directing and how to write a synopsis, prepare their own concept. Things that a director have to consider: puppetry techniques, space, fine arts styles, etc. The aim that the students can determine the focus of their directing. Analyzing the common experiences puppet show. After that, every student will build up their own synopsis. This is a freely chosen work from a specific author.
Learning outcomes
Students will learn about the preparatory stages of stage directing and how to write a synopsis, prepare their own concept. Things that a director have to consider: puppetry techniques, space, fine arts styles, etc.
Prerequisites and other requirements
None
Literature
Helen Fling Marionettes: How to Make and Work Them. Dover Publications, Inc. New York, 1973
Thomas A. Kelly: The Back Stage Guide To Stage Management, Watson-Guptill Publ., New York, 1991
Bernard Beckerman and Gloria Brim Beckerman and William Coco: Theatrical presentation: performer audience and act, Routledge, New York, 1990
Edward Gordon Craig: On the art of the theatre, Heinemann Theatre Arts Books, New York, 1980
Peter Brook: There are no secrets: thoughts on acting and theatre, Methuen Drama, London, 1993
Edward Braun: The director and the stage: from naturalism to Grotowski, Methuen, London, 1982
Peter Brook: The shifting point: forty years of theatrical exploration 1946-1987, Methuen, London, 1988
Arthur Holmber: The theatre of Robert Wilson, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2004
Lise-Lone Marker: Ingmar Bergman: four decades in the theater, Cambridge University Press, 1982
Shomit Mitter: Systems of rehearsal : Stanislavsky, Brecht, Grotowski and Brook, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London- New York, 1992
Kenneth M. Cameron: The enjoyment of theatre, 2. ed. New York ; London : Macmillan & Co., 1989
James Roose-Evans: Experimental theatre from Stanislavsky to today, Rev. ed. London : Studio Vista, Cassel PLC, 1973
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Further information
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