Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Want to be a theatre director? Here are my 10 top survival tips
guardian.co.uk: "The world is full of aspiring theatre directors. Some of them are young, some not so young. Some are already working in the theatre, others have yet to break into it. They all know, or think they know, that they want to try their hands at directing. Directors, they believe, have control and vision and authority. They choose the plays, the actors and the designers. They are central to the creative process of the theatre but never have to write a play, act a part or sweep a stage; they have the perfect job. Well, maybe they have."
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Coming out of playground, my director thought he was the tour de force. The artistic visionary behind this production, and it was my job to fulfill his vision. There was no collaboration, and when issues were brought up the director failed to see it from my view, or the other design teams stand point. He was boss and in charge. If there was a disagreement, we were the ones who were wrong. IT was frustrating, and made me think of who I really wanna work with. I value collaboration and working through issues. I as a designer, am not here to recreate I am here to create, and this director felt the opposite.
I like how the article brings up how the director is not the most powerful authority. And I like how it stresses for the directors to work in tech. Already have I heard, how the directors are annoyed they have to do crew next year, and how much they are going to hate it. They don't see the point. And it makes me angry.
It is always informative to know how each section of theatre people need to approach their work. I think a directing job is hard. Their job look like more fun than designers’ or technicians’, when we sometimes see too much of them “seemingly” just requesting, complaining and leaving theater as soon as a rehearsal is done. But still, a director is representing a show, taking all responsibilities of how the show is going to be.
As this article shows, a director needs to research a variety of materials and do a personnel business, which I admire. Meanwhile, designers also do the research to bring suggestions to the director and technically realize director’s view into practical products. A relation among a production team is sometimes very sensitive. Requests from directors who know how other people work are more persuasive and easy to be responded. In the end again, there should be no wall in the way that a goal is achieved.
I think these rules not only apply to directors but anyone in design or creative fields for that matter. Essentially these rules for the most part focus on observing and absorbing the knowledge available to you in the world around you, in theater happening now, in literature, in foreign countries, in everyday and I think that's essential because a lot of what inspires people working in creative fields are the things right in front of their face. But especially with directors I would say its important to be really well-versed and knowledgeable about other theater happening because if you don't know where theater is really at now, how can you push it further. That's something I'd really like to improve myself, watching more works and learning from other productions what is successful and what isn't.
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