Directing Principles: Staging a Scene
Students learn basic directing techniques, including blocking, pacing, and guiding actor choices.
Key Questions
- Design a blocking plan for a scene that highlights a power imbalance between characters.
- Explain how a director's choices in pacing can heighten dramatic tension.
- Critique different directorial approaches to the same script.
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