Tag: DirectingTalent

In month five, I entered into my directing talent course with high expectations. I was excited to learn the intricacies and techniques of directing. Of course, this would be my first month entering a course as a quarantine student, so there were some restrictions. Although there were limitations, I still thoroughly enjoyed my experience. Before entering the course, I had three main objectives: learn effective ways to communicate with actors, embed myself into the responsibilities of a director, and to learn to budget. Although I didn’t achieve every goal, I did; however, adapt to some beneficial quick fixes to directing. One of the key things I took away was the power of action verbs. I never realized that this could guide the level of intensity and emotion behind an actor’s line, hence being an effective way to communicate with actors. I would’ve loved to be in an atmosphere of talent and exercised this tool. I would’ve gotten a sense of what verbs we effective and non-effective. That way I would be able to maneuver around any challenges. One of those challenges did; however, presents its self in our assignments. I noticed that I struggled a bit because of my limited action verb vocabulary. However, I’m in the process of enhancing it. I know that this is an essential tool for me personally and professionally, as I aspire to be a director. Even though I desired to physically direct talent, I loved the fact that in this course we talked about different acting methods. Being that I studied theatre, it was exciting to revisit those acting techniques such as Uta Hagen and Stanislavski. It never dawned on me that everything an actor must do to prepare themselves, a director must also do. These are the intricacies I was excited to learn.