Play directing : analysis, communication, and style /: analysis, communication, and style. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Francis Hodge, Michael McLain.
• Other Names: Hodge, Francis; McLain, Michael, 1947-
• Contents: Why the director? -- What is a play? Analysis and improvisation -- The foundation and façade of the playscript: given circumstances and dialogue -- The core of the playscript: dramatic action and characters -- Idea and rhythm-mood beats -- The director's preparation -- Directing is working with actors: 1 -- Learning to see: the games of visual perception -- Helping actors communicate through groundplans -- Composition: helping actors discover and project basic relationships -- Helping each actor intensify: gesture and improvisation with properties -- Picturization: helping a group intensify -- The dynamic tool of movement -- Coordinating the blocking tools in director-actor communication -- Helping actors "speak" a play -- Directing is working with actors: 2 -- The director's responsibility for working effectively with design -- The director and the stage machine: symbolization and synthesis -- Director's options: choice of the stage -- Director's options: scenery, properties, and lighting -- Director's options: costume, makeup, and sound -- Responsibility to audiences -- Style is individual expression -- Style in playwriting and playwrights -- The director's analysis of style in a playscript -- Style in production: making decisions -- Style in production: modern plays -- Style in production: new plays -- Style in production: plays of past ages -- Preparing to be a collaborator in the design process -- Directing is working with designers.
• Edition: 7th ed
• Publisher Details: Boston : Allyn & Bacon
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 392 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 792.02/33; 808.2; Theater -- Production and direction; Theater -- Production and direction
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317351016; 1317351010
• Related ISBNs: 9780205571246; 0205571247
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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