EA430-7-SU-LO:
Directing in Drama Schools/Universities
2022/23
East 15 Acting School
East15 (Loughton) Campus
Summer
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Monday 24 April 2023
Friday 30 June 2023
30
31 March 2021
Requisites for this module
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This module provides students with opportunities to experience the specific conditions of directing other drama students at East 15 or an alternative drama school or a university context.
Students are asked to take responsibility for directing other drama students in material appropriate for the development of the acting/performance art students. Alternatively, the student may be given an opportunity to shadow and work with an experienced director at a drama school or university. Whilst the nature of the material will vary and can be the subject of discussion with tutors, the student director is expected to engage with the student actors on a professional level and thus to be responsive to the specific needs of a group of students at a given stage of their training/development.
The emphasis of this module is on rehearsal and the solving of problems. It is not primarily concerned with production values which may be kept to a minimum. The length of the material will vary according to the requirements of the group of students involved.
Course tutors will advise individual students of their suitability for this module. A thorough knowledge of and sympathy with acting processes within an educational context are essential. Attachments under this module must be approved in advance by the Head of Programme.
Knowledge and understanding of and ability to demonstrate:
- Roles and functions of all participants responsible for creating theatre
- Relationships between theoretical and practical challenges for directors
- Appropriate research methods
- Production planning
- Synthesis of diverse sources of knowledge
- Rehearsal Techniques
- Group working skills
- Guidance of acting
No additional information available.
Directed autonomous learning, workshops, rehearsals, seminars, presentations and feedback sessions.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Director's Logbook |
|
75% |
| Coursework |
DVD of the Production or Project |
|
25% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
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Prof Robert Swain
Birkbeck
Professor
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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