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Comment on Bram hearts Jodie, but he’s a deluded recluse. by naomi

naomi — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:07:18 +0000

hey Scottsy,
the blogs you write are very good and informative and while i know its extremely important that you also focus on your own work and self-reflection, i think its imperative that your blogs are frequently updated with directors notes, positive and negative feedback and things that you want us to do. please keep us updated
Nai

Comment on Bram hearts Jodie, but he’s a deluded recluse. by moondy

moondy — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:26:36 +0000

yikes delete the first comment lol

Comment on Bram hearts Jodie, but he’s a deluded recluse. by moondy

moondy — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:26:13 +0000

hey scott,

im liking your blogs, informative, straight to the point and somewhat vague. maybe an update on how we’re all doin could help us in the long run.

cheers,
moondy

Comment on Bram hearts Jodie, but he’s a deluded recluse. by moondy

moondy — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:25:56 +0000

hey scott,

im liking your blogs, informative, straight to the point and somewhat vague. maybe an update on how we’re all doin could help us in the long run.

cheers,
scott

Comment on I’ve been directing for 65 years by design » Mobile phones you would love to purchase

design » Mobile phones you would love to purchase — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:38:55 +0000

[…] I ve been directing for 65 years People, So now I ve wrapped the entire past 5 weeks up in one neat little blog, it s time I did a bit of directing! Really, I deem the uber-technical people (set, lighting, sound) a priority at this stage. So let me get the rest out of the way right now. COSTUME and MAKE-UP really are able to go off and do their own thing, making sure they stick to the 80s style . And DRAMA-TURKEY gets alot of my free time at musical rehearsals, so we can chat there. SET: Kim, I think you have a fair enough idea of what I want as director from the set - at this stage I m only really concerned with the floorplan and basic measurements of the room. So the raised stage - I need to know how high it will be, how big its footprint is (length x width), and where exactly in the space will it be. Also, things like exits (to the toilet/restraunt entrance/kitchen?) need to be considered & confirmed. I believe I can be of some assistance with all of this, and if all this sounds overwhelming (I really would love a definite floorplan of the set), just know that I am willing and able to help you with all of it. LIGHTING: Mondy! Lighting really is something that needs to work around the set, but seeing as we re going for a very naturalistic thing here, perhaps to make the lighting design overly fancy would be well-overdoing it. I d love to discuss the design with you as we go along blocking the show in class over the next three weeks. I m not as confident as I am with set, that I can give you incredible advice. I m not even entirely sure what I want, so I need to meet with you (you and I have a free together P4 tomorrow). SOUND: So Goof, I think being the sound guy in this show is a bigger job than just microphones and speakers . I don t even think we want microphones! Anyway, we need you to become a pro on those Apples in the media centre - they will solve all (yes, all!) of your sound problems! You need to think about what sounds are typical in a restraunt (or more specifically, a bistro) and then going about replicating them on the Macs. Mondy and I can help you there, as we both used them for media last year. Again, lots of discussion with me please, I can/want to/will be able to help you, and as director I need to make sure everyone is on the same page. OK, so ACTORS.Hey, how are ya? Can not wait to rip into it on Wednesday! First off, I d like to say big respect to New Scotty who will be my partner in crime directing you, assisting me with this massive task. I know I ve directed most of you before in smaller things here and there in the past, and most of you know the way I work. I m very goal oriented; the timeframe I outline will be stuck to religiously. As far as actually directing you goes, the blocking of After Dinner is relatively simple, which means we can focus on some really profesh acting. That means lots of character work, and dissecting every letter of every word of every line to find the perfect way of portraying the play - yes, I will become OCD about it, and you should too (it is a good thing)! My proposal for a basic timeline goes as follows: We do approx. 1/15th of the play every lesson (I have divided the play up), which means we will be done blocking the show in 3 weeks. After that we can go over specific scenes again adding in technical elements and polishing up the acting. I want to set a further goal that is we must be running the whole show through by stage 2 audit week (23rd April). Of course, if any of this is seen to be totally unreasonable, then we can change it, but we should give it a go! I wonder if i wrote enough. Old Scott […]

Comment on I’ve been directing for 65 years by Scotty

Scotty — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:31:05 +0000

Well done Count Blogula! (That’s THREE ha ha ha!!) Try to find a balance between giving eberyone instructions and self-reflection and evaluation. If you look at the first question on the guided questions sheet I gave you, you will se what I mean. For eg: how have you refined and developed your dramaturgy work over the past 4 weeks in order to prepare the cast for the development of the production? Good question huh? And exactly the kind of thing you might find lurking in a SAC! So, don’t forget that everything you do counts and the challenge for you as director/dramaturkey will be to find that balance between focus on the work of the actors, and reflecting on your own developing and refining of process and technique. See, I told you I read these blogs! New Scotty.

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