To Sculpt Beauty from Chaos: Insights on the Art of Directing with Julie Johnson
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Authors
Hoff, Jessica
Issue Date
2002
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
Keywords
Theater -- Directing
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Abstract
The art of directing was introduced to me through a Directing I class that I took
during the spring quarter of my junior year. This class, taught by Professor Ed Menta,
was an overview of the job of a stage director, in which I studied everything from script
analysis and finding action units to blocking and creating stage pictures. I was given the
opportunity to direct my first project, a thirty minute scene with five actors. In retrospect
that scene was too much to tackle as a first attempt, but after that one experience I knew
without doubt that I wanted to pursue directing further. My interest had been sparked. I
was fascinated with the power that a director held, to mold a piece of written text into her
own vision. Anne Bogart, in her book A Director Prepares says that "interest, [the] thing
that cannot really be faked, is an invitation to an adventure" (Bogart 75). Because my
own interest was there without question, I knew that I had begun an adventure.
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iii, 164 p., 1 CD
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