Directing for the Stage and Screen

Credits 1
Grades
12
Course Designation
Weighted (0.5W)

The student learns how to create a vision for a production and how to communicate that vision with the actors and the design teams who bring it to the stage or screen. The student selects plays and analyzes and edits the script. The student learns to develop calendars, scene designs, ground plans, story boards, and shooting techniques. The student will learn the technical vocabulary, direct for various theatrical stages, as well as for the camera, and develop techniques for optimal uses of performance space. The student studies differing types of theatre and the techniques and styles of important screen and stage directors.

Schools
Colgan High School

Prerequisites