Applied Project B (Directing) (DRAM60027)

Graduate coursework level 6Points: 25Not available in 2018

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This subject is for students specialising in Directing. This subject involves the application of composition, planning and management, facilitation and directing skills to the production of a text-based performance work. Other disciplinary skills will complement the area of specialisation. The student has some technical support and presents the production for a short public season addressing location, promotion and audience engagement issues in the process.

The play will be chosen in consultation with the course coordinator. The project is to be fully documented through all its phases, including a detailed written post-production analysis of the working process

 

Intended learning outcomes


  • develop the ability to inspire, motivate, communicate and collaborate to construct a theatre production;
  • apply skills in script analysis and rehearsal organisation to the production of a full-length play;
  • respond productively to constructive feedback;
  • cohere the various elements of production into a satisfying whole;
  • conduct a technical rehearsal;
  • work within a given production budget;
  • present a theatre work for an audience;
  • exhibit the ability to document, reflect upon and evaluate one's own creative process.

Generic skills

On completion of the subject students should have developed;

  • The ability to work as a leader, showing initiative but also an openness to the ideas of others and ways of encouraging these
  • The application of advanced skills in the initiation, conception and structuring of a creative work
  • The application of advanced skills in leadership, initiative and group dynamics
  • The application of advanced skills in time management
  • The application of skills in group dynamics
  • A deeper confidence in working as a leader with small groups

Last updated: 3 November 2022