Directing Actors
Subject Overview
Students will discover the role of the director and the responsibilities associated with this role. During this subject students will be introduced to the craft of acting and will be taken through various drama games and associated exercises that actors participate in. Students will explore how directors work with actors and help coach them to deliver the best, most authentic performances. They will also analyse Oscar winning performances in order to explore what makes a ‘great performance’. Additionally students will work with actors during class, and explore how direction impacts an actor through various exercises.
“You cannot create results. You can only create conditions in which something might happen.” – Anne Bogart
– On the set of Kill Off
Duration
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Contact Hours: 3 hours per week
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Total Hours: 30
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Duration: 10 weeks
Aims
- Explore and uncover the role of the director as the creative leader of a film, and how directors engage with actors
- Examine various techniques used by directors to coach and develop actors in achieving an authentic performance
- Compare the works of two directors to explain how the performances are different focusing on the differences between stylized directing, and directing that allows for improvisation and impulse
- Discover the teachings and philosophies of various acting coaches