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DramaTrauma
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Joined: 4/12/07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
 Topic: Books on DirectingPosted: 4/30/07 at 12:30pm |
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What books would everyone recommend for a new director? Obviously there's no substitute for experience, but we've all got to start somewhere - and there are good texts available. Some titles have been mentioned in other threads, but I thought it would be useful to compile these in one place.
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Topper
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Joined: 1/27/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 543 |
Posted: 4/30/07 at 2:10pm |
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"The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath.
It will prepare you for your slow descent into depression, madness and suicide. |
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"None of us really grow up. All we ever do is learn how to behave in public." -- Keith Johnstone
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Kurt Muller
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Joined: 11/11/05 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 28 |
Posted: 5/04/07 at 2:02am |
DT, I'd recommend "Directing Actors" by Judith Weston, published by Michael Wiese Productions. Full of insights and clues about directing and acting. You'll learn things you weren't even aware you didn't know. I certainly did.
(One quibble; she uses the personal pronouns, "he" and "she" arbitrarily, apparently to avoid alienating either male or female readers. It occasionally makes the text jarring and inaccessible. Just when you think she's speaking to you, you find out she's speaking to the opposite gender. Unnecessary, and annoying.)
But still, her book is a good resource for any budding Director.
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DramaTrauma
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Posted: 5/04/07 at 3:32pm |
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Thanks, Kurt, I'll check it out. Right now I'm reading Thinking Like A Director by Michael Bloom. It's OK, kind of vague, lacks clear examples to illustrate concepts.
C'mon Topper, you got nothing? |
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Kurt Muller
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Posted: 5/05/07 at 12:55am |
You're welcome.
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jaytee060
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Joined: 1/18/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 63 |
Posted: 5/07/07 at 6:22pm |
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I have posted this before but since you are asking for a book on directing here is a repeat.
Here is a book that I would reccommed to you very highly. It is simply titled "GUIDE TO DIRECTING" and it is published by the magizine staff at Stage Direction magazine. This book covers just about ever area of directing that you can possibly think of and is perfect for the new director.
It is available through Amazon for less then $15.00. |
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red diva
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Posted: 5/08/07 at 1:58pm |
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I have found Harold Clurman On Directing to be invaluable.
And, good one, Topper! The hallmark of a good director is to be prepared for anything.
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"I've worked long and hard to earn the right to be called Diva!"
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Kathy S
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Posted: 5/09/07 at 2:18am |
Somebody will probably tell me this isn't the place for a conversation on what's PC and what's not,
 but come on, why do you think that the author by addressing both male and female readers is not speaking to you? Seems to me it's an effort to be inclusive which means s/he is INCLUDING you... Welcome to the modern world.  |
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Kurt Muller
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Posted: 5/09/07 at 4:25am |
Kathy, to me it's a question of good writing, not political correctness. A good writer tries not to confuse her readers, doesn't he? A good female author knows that he should address his lines to men like himself as well as women such as him.
Confused?
 That's how I am when I read the book. If she was trying to be inclusive, she got it all wrong. There is a method available, (in this modern world
), to authors faced with this PC dilemma. They simply include a statement like this one, at th beginning of their book:"In the interest of clarity and economy, the personal pronouns "he, "him," and "his" as used in this book may be taken also to mean, "he or she", "him or her", and "his and her(s)."
It shows that the author has equal regard for both genders. And more importantly, it shows respect for the intelligence of the people who have paid money to read the author's book.
And it sure beats using "s/he" every time! Ain't no such animal!
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avcastner
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Posted: 5/20/07 at 11:53am |
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My favorite directing books:
General Principles of Stage Direction by Gilmor (published by Samuel French in the 1930's. It's out of print, but you can probably find it on EBay or in a used bookstore near a college)
Directing for the Stage: 42 Exercises (the intro is quite boring, but the exercises are great!)
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