Tips

by Jory, Jon

• ISBN13: 9781575252414
• ISBN10: 1575252414
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Smith & Kraus Pub Inc

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
User's Guide	xv
What Is Directing?	xvi
Casting
The Casting Job	2	(1)
In Your Casting Briefcase	3	(1)
Audition Ethics	4	(1)
Working with a Casting Person	5	(1)
Audition Material	6	(1)
Audition Notation	7	(1)
May I Use You?	8	(1)
Defending the Reader	9	(1)
What the Resume Means	10	(1)
Things Actors Ask in Casting Calls	11	(1)
The Callback	12	(1)
The Moment You Cast the Actor	13	(1)
Choosing the One	14	(1)
The Casting File	15	(3)
Vocabulary
Circumstances	18	(1)
Beats	19	(1)
The Action	20	(1)
The Obstacle	21	(1)
Tactics	22	(1)
Transitions	23	(1)
The Super Objective	24	(1)
The Arc	25	(1)
Theme	26	(1)
Conflict	27	(3)
The Play
What's This?	30	(1)
Telling the Story	31	(1)
Whose Play Is It?	32	(1)
What Kind of Script Is It?	33	(1)
The Central Relationship	34	(1)
Trusting the Play	35	(1)
The Director and the Playwright	36	(1)
Overlapping	37	(1)
Intercutting the Lines	38	(1)
The Classics	39	(1)
Shakespeare	40	(1)
Directing the Big Musical	41	(1)
Why Do You Care?	42	(2)
The Team
Warning the Producer	44	(1)
Working with the Artistic Director	45	(1)
Prerehearsal Set Design	46	(1)
Levels and Rakes	47	(1)
Prerehearsal Costume Design	48	(1)
Prerehearsal Stage Management	49	(1)
Prerehearsal with Actors	50	(1)
Prerehearsal with Lights	51	(1)
Relating to the Sound Designer	52	(1)
Relating to the Choreographer	53	(1)
Relating to the Fight Director	54	(1)
Working with the Prop Master	55	(1)
Working with Dramaturgs	56	(1)
Technician Macho	57	(1)
Wigs	58	(1)
Working with Public Relations	59	(3)
Beginning
The Director's Opening Remarks	62	(1)
Introducing the Designers to the Actors	63	(1)
The Dramaturg's Talk	64	(1)
Housekeeping	65	(1)
Establishing Leadership	66	(2)
Table Work
Table Work	68	(1)
Good Table Work	69	(1)
Table Mistakes	70	(1)
What the Actor Wants from Table Work	71	(1)
Table Psychology	72	(1)
Asking Questions at the Table	73	(1)
Talking the Relationships	74	(1)
Talking the Subtext	75	(1)
Relating Moments	76	(2)
Blocking
Blocking the Play	78	(1)
Blocking as Meaning	79	(1)
Behavioral Blocking	80	(1)
What Behavior Is Possible?	81	(1)
Psychological Blocking	82	(1)
Blocking as Symbol and Metaphor	83	(1)
Beauty and Composition	84	(1)
Layering	85	(1)
Eating the Stage	86	(1)
Saving a Place	87	(1)
Movement as Entertainment	88	(1)
The Actor's Contribution to Blocking	89	(1)
Repeating Blocking	90	(1)
Blocking Schedule	91	(1)
Blocking as Punctuation	92	(1)
Blocking as Character Work	93	(1)
Defensive Blocking	94	(1)
Blocking the Emotional Scene	95	(1)
Disagreement	96	(1)
Blocking Focus	97	(1)
Blocking in Open Space	98	(1)
Seeing and using the Actor's Impulse	99	(1)
Moving Then Still, Still Then Moving	100	(1)
The Arena	101	(1)
Abandoning Center	102	(1)
I Need to Get You Out of Here	103	(1)
The Long Move Downstage or Upstage	104	(1)
Too Much Blocking	105	(1)
Messy	106	(1)
Too Clean	107	(1)
The Intermediate Move	108	(1)
The ``Counter''	109	(1)
The Angle	110	(1)
The Triangle	111	(1)
The Multiple Move	112	(1)
The Lag	113	(1)
Groups	114	(1)
Other Crowd Tips	115	(1)
The Director, the Stage Manager, the Blocking	116	(2)
Working with the Actor
The Actor Wants	118	(1)
Tape	119	(1)
Pointing Out the Acting Traps	120	(1)
Respecting the Actor's Time	121	(1)
Why?	122	(1)
The Emotion	123	(1)
Ancillary Action	124	(1)
Vacillation	125	(1)
Trying the Actor's Way	126	(1)
Talking with, Not Talking At	127	(1)
Directing the Musical Actor	128	(1)
Handling Language	129	(1)
The Big speech	130	(1)
Getting the Actor to Think	131	(1)
Getting the Body into the Scene	132	(1)
Letting It Land	133	(1)
On the Line/off the Line	134	(1)
Going Slower	135	(1)
Taking Notes/Giving Notes	136	(1)
The Inadequate Actor	137	(2)
Go Back to the Givens	139	(1)
Building Rhythm	140	(1)
Let Me Tell You What I'm Getting	141	(1)
Criticizing One Actor to Another	142	(1)
Key Mistakes the Actor May Be Making	143	(1)
Down to the Last Blink	144	(1)
Dealing with the Deranged Intellectual	145	(1)
Giving Up on an Actor	146	(1)
Compliments	147	(1)
The Workhorse	148	(1)
Low Energy	149	(1)
Too High, Too Long	150	(1)
The Attention Sponge	151	(1)
Actor vs Actor	152	(1)
Using the Obstacle	153	(1)
Picking on an Actor	154	(1)
Handling the Emotional Crisis	155	(1)
Rules of Rehearsal	156	(1)
The Director as Host	157	(1)
Moments of Repetition	158	(1)
On the Money	159	(1)
The Extra Pair of Eyes	160	(1)
Scheduling Time in Rehearsal	161	(1)
What to Do with What the Play's About	162	(1)
Beyond Preparation	163	(1)
Not Talking	164	(1)
Creating Atmosphere	165	(1)
The Best Idea in the Room	166	(1)
What's Theatrical	167	(1)
Safety	168	(1)
Getting Your Head in the Room	169	(1)
About?	170	(1)
Working Loose, Working Tight	171	(1)
Variety	172	(1)
Small Parts	173	(1)
Faking the Emotion	174	(2)
Rehearsal Process
The Director's Briefcase	176	(1)
The Active Vocabulary	177	(1)
The Action in Action	178	(1)
Gesture	179	(1)
Beats and the Director	180	(1)
Ten Mistakes	181	(1)
Twelve More Mistakes	182	(1)
The God of Variety	183	(1)
Business	184	(1)
Back Story	185	(1)
Physical Punctuation	186	(1)
When You've Lost Your Temper	187	(1)
The Ecology of Rehearsal	188	(1)
Rarity	189	(1)
Minimalism	190	(1)
Visitors in Rehearsal	191	(1)
Why Is It Beautiful?	192	(1)
Pace	193	(1)
Images	194	(1)
Focusing on the Character you're Afraid Of	195	(1)
Costumes and You: The Rehearsal Period	196	(1)
Watching Rehearsal	197	(1)
Opposites	198	(1)
Opening Moments/Final Moments	199	(1)
Working the Expectations	200	(1)
Bad Uns	201	(1)
Louder and Faster	202	(1)
Unsticking the Idea	203	(1)
The Major Arcs	204	(1)
The Build	205	(1)
Staying on Time	206	(1)
Egos on Parade	207	(1)
Too Soon	208	(1)
Playing at Performance Level	209	(1)
The Director's Kama Sutra	210	(1)
Who Needs the Help?	211	(1)
Sheer Fun	212	(1)
Reblocking	213	(1)
Bits and Pieces	214	(1)
Replacing the Actor	215	(1)
Run-throughs	216	(1)
Leaving Rehearsal	217	(1)
Working Toward the End	218	(2)
Comedy
Comic Business	220	(1)
Directing Comedy	221	(1)
Comic Variations	222	(1)
The Comedy List	223	(1)
More Comedy	224	(1)
Comic Tone	225	(1)
The Release for the Laugh	226	(2)
The Final Stage
Notes Near Opening	228	(1)
Polishing	229	(1)
Three More Times When You Can Do That	230	(1)
The Spacing Rehearsal	231	(1)
Handling Techs	232	(1)
The Curtain Call	233	(1)
The First Preview	234	(1)
Opening Day	235	(1)
Opening Night	236	(1)
Critics	237	(1)
Picture Call	238	(1)
Getting a Career	239	(3)
The Director's Homework
Homework	242	(1)
More Homework	243	(1)
Understanding Your Audience	244	(1)
Reading from the Character's Viewpoint	245	(1)
Reading for the Character's Heart	246	(1)
The Moment Chain	247	(1)
Concept	248	(1)
The Nightmare Production	249	(1)
Research	250	(1)
Your Life	251	(1)
Style	252	(1)
The Ground Plan Checklist	253	(1)
Anything is what You Say it is	254	(2)
Preblocking	256	(1)
Props	257	(1)
The Disconnect	258	(1)
New Uses for the Familiar	259	(1)
Nonrealistic or Selective Ground Plan	260	(1)
To Deconstruct	261	(1)
Scene Groups	262	(1)
Afterword	263