Advice for directors
Tue, 21 Dec 1999, 02:36 pmGrant Malcolm13 posts in thread
Advice for directors
Tue, 21 Dec 1999, 02:36 pmSpotted these... er... gems on a mailing list:
> 1. Pick or write your own material.
> 2. Know the story.
> 3. Know the characters.
> 4. Do not try to find exercises for actors.
> 5. Cast well - direct less.
> 6. Trust your instincts.
> 7. Do not let actors direct other actors.
> 8. Demand that actors learn the words.
> 9. Demand the best that each actor has.
> 10. Keep your car near the rear exit on
> opening night and leave the engine running.
And if these were the 10 best bits of advice i could think of for a budding director, i think i'd leave the engine running too. I'm sure we can all do better than this.
Anyone care to submit their own? I'm going to work on one in between writing Christmas cards :)
Cheers
Grant
> 1. Pick or write your own material.
> 2. Know the story.
> 3. Know the characters.
> 4. Do not try to find exercises for actors.
> 5. Cast well - direct less.
> 6. Trust your instincts.
> 7. Do not let actors direct other actors.
> 8. Demand that actors learn the words.
> 9. Demand the best that each actor has.
> 10. Keep your car near the rear exit on
> opening night and leave the engine running.
And if these were the 10 best bits of advice i could think of for a budding director, i think i'd leave the engine running too. I'm sure we can all do better than this.
Anyone care to submit their own? I'm going to work on one in between writing Christmas cards :)
Cheers
Grant
RE: Advice for re-directors
Tue, 9 May 2000, 03:51 pmThe only things I keep in mind while directing or what ever is;-
{What - Where - When - Who - Why & How}
"To approach the stranger
is to invite the unexpected, release a new force,
Or let the genie out of the bottle.
It is to start a train of events
beyond your control"
‘The Cocktail Party’ T S Eliot
"Great art conceals art" Konstantin Stanislavski
"Less than great art conceals little" J Michael Gillette
‘Rejecting the predictable; avoiding the probable and exploiting the possible.
To bring about glimpses of the perfect but impossibleÂ’
Pick Two.
You can have it:
1 .Done Well
2 .Done Cheap
3 .Done Fast
Answer: only # 2, & 3 apply
THE 6 P's.
1.Prior
2.Planning
3.Prevents
4.Piss
5.Poor
6.Performance
I also agree with the other comments of pre-casting - but what do you do?
Although it should not happen - a lot of Re-Directors like too feel comfortable with those they know and who knows there short commings.
To me there is no 'X-Factor' of "what we are about"
We do tend to defeat ourselves with comments of " we might not get another part - unless?" at least in the City you can go to another theatre and apply for auditions - in the country, you have little choice! Their way or no show.
Joe McCabe
{What - Where - When - Who - Why & How}
"To approach the stranger
is to invite the unexpected, release a new force,
Or let the genie out of the bottle.
It is to start a train of events
beyond your control"
‘The Cocktail Party’ T S Eliot
"Great art conceals art" Konstantin Stanislavski
"Less than great art conceals little" J Michael Gillette
‘Rejecting the predictable; avoiding the probable and exploiting the possible.
To bring about glimpses of the perfect but impossibleÂ’
Pick Two.
You can have it:
1 .Done Well
2 .Done Cheap
3 .Done Fast
Answer: only # 2, & 3 apply
THE 6 P's.
1.Prior
2.Planning
3.Prevents
4.Piss
5.Poor
6.Performance
I also agree with the other comments of pre-casting - but what do you do?
Although it should not happen - a lot of Re-Directors like too feel comfortable with those they know and who knows there short commings.
To me there is no 'X-Factor' of "what we are about"
We do tend to defeat ourselves with comments of " we might not get another part - unless?" at least in the City you can go to another theatre and apply for auditions - in the country, you have little choice! Their way or no show.
Joe McCabe