NM3703 - Directing Project

Credit points:	03
Year:	2011
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Creative Arts

Students focus on the distinction between the performance artist and the director examining the idea of alternative space as the director's stage. Students research the historical developments of directing for stage and contemporary performance artists including Annie Sprinkle, Karen Finley, Gilbert and George, Laurie Anderson and others to provide students with contextual frameworks to site their own performances. Individual projects integrate image, text, graphic, light and sound into the final theatrical product and students participate in all facets of the director's process: demonstrating qualities of leadership, choosing/writing a performance; developing the concept; auditioning, conceptualising; design, costumes, sound and lighting; exploring rehearsal techniques with actors/performers; developing mise en scene; tempo-rhythm.

Learning Outcomes

• ability to apply directing skills to a substantial event;
• ability to analyse contemporary performance art within the discourses of gender and race;
• ability to apply theoretical paradigms to developed performance events;
• ability to analyse and document the director's contribution to the performance process.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to manage future career and personal development;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Prerequisites:

NM3700 OR NM3702 OR TH3710

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2011
Coordinator:	Professor Ryan Daniel
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures 26 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	performance project (40%); essays (20%); seminar research paper (20%); workshop tasks (20%).

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