[PDF] Directors On Directing eBook

Author : Helen Krich Chinoy
Publisher : Allegro Editions
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 34,91 MB
Release : 2013-07
Category : Theater
ISBN : 9781626549616

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Now that directors such as Stephen Spielberg, George Lucas, and Francis Ford Coppola are celebrated along-side movie stars, it is hard to imagine that little more than a century ago the director was a nameless, faceless entity-an overseer of workflow in the shuffle of shadows offstage. In surveying the pioneers who transformed theater into the dynamic art form it is today, Directors on Directing presents a timeless collection of writings offering insight into what it means to direct and how to better appreciate theatrical performances.

Author : Eric Sherman
Publisher :
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 20,40 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Art
ISBN :

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Film-making wisdom and a fascinating mine of film lore make this a priceless resource for students, aspiring film professionals, and film fans.

Author : Maria Shevtsova
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 20,36 MB
Release : 2009-04-09
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521888433

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In this book, nine leading international theatre directors discuss their work and careers, providing fascinating insight into their approaches and creative relationships with actors. Each conversation is framed by an introduction to the work of the director, a detailed chronology of productions and an indicative bibliography to inspire further reading and research.

Author : Rob Swain
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 33,18 MB
Release : 2011-09-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1408156628

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The theatre director is one of the most critical roles in a successful drama company, yet there are no formal qualifications required for entry into this profession. This practical guide for emerging theatre directors answers all the key questions from the very beginning of your career to key stages as you establish your credentials and get professionally recognized. It analyzes the director's role through relationships with the actors, author, designer, production manager and creative teams and provides vital advice for "on-the-job" situations where professional experience is invaluable. The book also provides an overview of the many approaches to acting methodology without focusing on any in particular to allow the director to develop their own unique methods of working with any actor's style. Each chapter includes these key features: * Introduces important theories, identifies practitioners and provides key reading to provide an overview of historic and current practice. * Interviews with leading practitioners and emerging directors. * Suggested exercises to develop the director's own approach and practical skills.

Author : Frank Hauser
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 50,89 MB
Release : 2008-09-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 080271708X

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An accessible edition of a classic guide to film and theater directing offers insight into the craft's unique challenges from managing personalities and anticipating problems to working with a script and the key elements of staging, in a primer that also features life lessons gleaned by the co-authors throughout their careers. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

Author : Harold Clurman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 34,98 MB
Release : 1997-04-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0684826224

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Originally published: New York: Collier Books, 1972.

Author : Gabriella Giannachi
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 49,69 MB
Release : 2014-12-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1466887540

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The profession of directing is barely a century old. On Directing considers the position of the director in theater and performance today. What is a director? How do they begin work on a play or performance? What methods are used in rehearsal? Is the director an enabler, a collaborator or dictator? As we enter the new millennium, is the very concept of directing under increasing threat from changes in thinking and practice? The full diversity of today's approaches to directing are explored through a series of interviews with leading contemporary practitioners. On Directing is a landmark book about the director's craft.

Author : Elia Kazan
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 10,75 MB
Release : 2010-01-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0307277046

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Elia Kazan was the twentieth century’s most celebrated director of both stage and screen, and this monumental, revelatory book shows us the master at work. Kazan’s list of Broadway and Hollywood successes—A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman, On the Waterfront, to name a few—is a testament to his profound impact on the art of directing. This remarkable book, drawn from his notebooks, letters, interviews, and autobiography, reveals Kazan’s method: how he uncovered the “spine,” or core, of each script; how he analyzed each piece in terms of his own experience; and how he determined the specifics of his production. And in the final section, “The Pleasures of Directing”—written during Kazan’s final years—he becomes a wise old pro offering advice and insight for budding artists, writers, actors, and directors.

Author : Lenore DeKoven
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 14,60 MB
Release : 2006-02-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1136068945

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This approach, honed after years of on-set experience and from teaching at UCLA, NYU, and Columbia, and endorsed by many in the industry, including director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and producer/actor Edward Asner, aims to provide a helpful reference and resource for directors and actors alike. It combines underlying theory with dozens of exercises designed to reveal the actor's craft. There is material on constructing the throughline; analyzing the script; character needs; the casting and rehearsal processes; film vs. theater procedures as well as the actor and the camera. Distilling difficult concepts and a complex task to their simplest form, the author explains how to accurately capture and portray human behavior. The author's discussion of creative problems she has encountered or anticipated after years of experience, and her suggested solutions and exercises, are immediately useful. Additionally, hear what the actors have to say in excerpts from interviews with such acclaimed actors as Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington, Glenn Close, Robert Redford, Christopher Walken, Julianne Moore, and Michael Douglas (to name a few) who discuss their work with directors, what inspires them, and what they really want from the director.