Exam 6: The Director

The "core concept" is

Imagine that you are a director planning a production,and you have to decide on a play to produce.Pick a play you would like to direct and explain 1)why you chose that play (considering your own taste and a potential audience)and 2)the core concept that you would use to organize the production.How would that concept make itself felt through stage design,costuming,and casting? Use metaphors!

Which of the following was one of the first directors to study the conventions of realism in an attempt to make their play productions even more lifelike?

Which of the following is true of directors of antirealism?

The director's work with the designers is generally suggestive and corrective,rather than overtly controlling.

Which of the following directors founded the Théâtre d'Art in Paris in 1890 as a direct assault upon the realist principles espoused by André Antoine?

What is one factor that can determine the pace of a play?

Which statement best describes the end of the director's involvement with the play?

The role of teacher-director reached its historical pinnacle of influence,albeit anonymously,during the Renaissance and early Restoration periods.

A great directorial concept has the qualities of being generalized,well-established by tradition,intellectually relaxing,and readily apparent without much imagination.

Which person is responsible for the financial support of the production and,working closely with the director,also contributes to many "directorial" decisions in the production process?

Which of the following tasks belong to the director?

The initial shows where a director can evaluate the production in terms of audience response and institute new changes are known as

A director should possess all of the following EXCEPT

What is meant by the "concept" of a play?

Trace the role/duties of directors as they work with a scene from the beginning of the play to the final production.Which period of the process is the most interesting to you? Why?

The directing process encompasses the distinct periods of preparation and implementation.

Which type of rehearsal occurs near the end of the rehearsal process,as the play comes closer to production time but before the actors apply makeup?

As a response against Stanislavsky's realism,the director Vsevolod Meyerhold evolved a theatre of "biomechanical constructivism" in Moscow.

Since working with actors is one of the main responsibilities of a director,how would you communicate with them before,during,and after rehearsals? What is your style? Consider time and space availability.Please indicate how you would work with a difficult scene or actor.