WHERE DOES VISION COME FROM?
WHERE DOES VISION COME FROM?
It truly is the fun part! Highlight the word, the picture, the action that speaks to you in the script. Find music that represents the story, the main character. Give each character a colour. Find journal pics, pics of art, sculptures, anything that can help you and everybody you talk to about the play, SEE the play. Generate a scrapbook. The more visual the vision can be, the better. There is always been lots of discuss how plays are words and flicks are visuals; but why cannot plays be visual ?
EXERCISE
Discover a way to describe the play using the senses. What is the definitive taste, touch, sight, sound and smell of the play? This is an excellent exercise for student directors who may have no idea that directors need a 'vision.'
EXERCISE
Play 'What If?' with the text. What if Romeo and Juliet took place today in lieu of the 11th century? What if Sweeney Todd was set in a mental institution where the patients played their own instruments? What if the alienation of the main character was shown in the costumes with everyone else in black?
ANOTHER EXAMPLE
Always Keep In Mind... Keep in mind that you need to stay true to the playwright's purpose, you cannot come up with a vision and then alter the play to suit the vision. Still stuck? See plays and decipher the director's vision. In the event you cannot, think about why not. Perhaps it is because there is not...
Hamlet as a metaphorical contrast between LA and New York. That Claudius and Gertrude are 'LA' people; they are tan, they wear bright colours, Polonius wears Hawaiian shirts and a bad rug. Gertrude looks like she is had a facelift. Claudius is Hamlet Senior's much more youthful father so he is closer to age and looks to Hamlet.
Hamlet, on the other hand, is New York flung in to a human being - they scowls, they wears lots of black, combat boots and a satchel, they smokes. Ophelia also dresses like this because they loves Hamlet. But hers is a more subtle, or , a less successful look. She is such an awkward girl. Perhaps they hides the black under a bright sweater so Polonius doesn't find out. Perhaps they has a secret tattoo. Both they and Hamlet have astoundingly white skin compared to everyone else around them.
It truly is the fun part! Highlight the word, the picture, the action that speaks to you in the script. Find music that represents the story, the main character. Give each character a colour. Find journal pics, pics of art, sculptures, anything that can help you and everybody you talk to about the play, SEE the play. Generate a scrapbook. The more visual the vision can be, the better. There is always been lots of discuss how plays are words and flicks are visuals; but why cannot plays be visual ?
EXERCISE
Discover a way to describe the play using the senses. What is the definitive taste, touch, sight, sound and smell of the play? This is an excellent exercise for student directors who may have no idea that directors need a 'vision.'
EXERCISE
Play 'What If?' with the text. What if Romeo and Juliet took place today in lieu of the 11th century? What if Sweeney Todd was set in a mental institution where the patients played their own instruments? What if the alienation of the main character was shown in the costumes with everyone else in black?
ANOTHER EXAMPLE
Always Keep In Mind... Keep in mind that you need to stay true to the playwright's purpose, you cannot come up with a vision and then alter the play to suit the vision. Still stuck? See plays and decipher the director's vision. In the event you cannot, think about why not. Perhaps it is because there is not...
Hamlet as a metaphorical contrast between LA and New York. That Claudius and Gertrude are 'LA' people; they are tan, they wear bright colours, Polonius wears Hawaiian shirts and a bad rug. Gertrude looks like she is had a facelift. Claudius is Hamlet Senior's much more youthful father so he is closer to age and looks to Hamlet.
Hamlet, on the other hand, is New York flung in to a human being - they scowls, they wears lots of black, combat boots and a satchel, they smokes. Ophelia also dresses like this because they loves Hamlet. But hers is a more subtle, or , a less successful look. She is such an awkward girl. Perhaps they hides the black under a bright sweater so Polonius doesn't find out. Perhaps they has a secret tattoo. Both they and Hamlet have astoundingly white skin compared to everyone else around them.
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