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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT DIRECTORS EXAM
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Question 1: Blocking
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pattern and arrangement of performers' movements onstage with respect to each other and to the stage space, usually set by the director.
Question 2: Casting
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fitting performers into roles
Question 3: TECHNICAL REHEARSAL-
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A rehearsal that focuses on running through the production with scenery, props, lighting, costumes, and sound for the first time.
Question 4: The Stage Manager-
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Manager- the director's collaborator: During rehearsals the SM is the right-hand of the director, taking notes, keeping track of blocking, noting decisions about visual elements, communicating with all designers,
Question 5: PREVIEWS
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tryout performances of a production before an audience, preceding the official "opening" performance.
Question 6: Traditional Director
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The starting point for a traditional director is the foundation - the script.
The script might be a well-known play: classic or
modern or the play might also be a new script by a very young or emerging playwright.
Question 7: rehearsal
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A "read through" around the table prior to getting "on their feet."
Question 8: spine
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is also referred to as the "main action," is determined by the goal or the primary objective of the characters in the play
Question 9: The auteur director
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Auteur" is a French term for "author." When used to describe a director it suggests one who makes drastic alterations and transformations to a traditional script.
Question 10: Directorial Concept-
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The controlling idea, vision, or point of view that the director feels is appropriate for the play; it should create a unified theatrical experience for the audience.
Question 11: Concept and Central Image
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Another way to implement a directorial concept is to find a central, or controlling, image or metaphor for a theatrical production.Example:if the scenery for Hamlet was envisioned as a vast net or spiderweb in which Hamlet is caught.
Question 12: Director
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is the person who works most closely with performers in the theater, guiding them in shaping their performances.is responsible, as well, for coordinating other aspects of the production, such as the work of the scene
Question 13: DRESS REHEARSAL-
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The first full performances of a production before performances for the public.
Question 14: Postmodern Director
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the taking apart of the text, often called deconstruction in which portions of a text may be altered, deleted, taken out of context, or reassembled.There is a great deal of overlap between the auteur director and the postmodern director.