H68.2113.901       2 Credits

This course is designed to broaden the directing techniques of film and television directors when working with actors.  We will study “methods” and work with the exercises created by influential teachers from Stanislavsky to the present.  Through scene study and improvisation we will explore the art of acting in a more in-depth way. The fall semester seven-week workshop prepares the director to work with actors on their ten-minute narrative film. The goal is to demonstrate the importance of communicating the vision of the script in a vocabulary that has meaning to an actor.

We will focus on exploring and refining the narrative script in a workshop format. There will be several casting/audition sessions with outside actors. The ultimate goal is creative collaboration between the actor and the director in order to obtain superior performances for the narrative project.


Additional sections of the same course (H68.2113.902, .903, etc.) may be offered.