1. Journal/ Class entry (approx. 18 items)

2. Student Profile/
where you’re coming from & where you’re going
needs & expectations
related arts experiences
any important info

3. Auto drama (p. 4)/
write moments, events, scenes from your life
guideline of six events

4. Pick a Play(32)/
gut response
- why did I choose this play
- what connections to my life
- what does it indicate about
- what is the story about in your own words
- what is being suggested to you
staging & structure

5. Research Paper/
Research a Director (5 page fully documented/ 800-100 words)
- background: personal & training
- body of work
- philosophy (how they describe what they do)

6. Record a Dream

7. Play Preparation/
Theater Etiquette Expectations
Rehearsal Schedule (Monthly overview)
Daily Schedule ( one week)
Sample production note
Stage Design
Lighting Design
Costume Design

7. Project/TBA.

Articulate, Inquire, Inform, Involve . . .

University of Saskatchewan
Drama 121.3
Raymon Montalbetti

Final Exam
Spring Session 2003
3 hrs.

Instructions: Answer all questions. Each question is of equal value.

1. Directing / Identify the elements you consider to be essential to the experience of directing. Organize your thoughts into an articulate model and develop a rationale to support your position. Please document any source material used in answering this question.

2. Readings / Our textbook suggests that directing cannot be taught but it can be learnt. What do you consider to be the meaning of this statement? Include, in your answer, what you have learnt from any directing class experience and discuss one experience in detail. Use observations from your journal as a point of departure for these notes on yourself as learner.

3. The Play / Develop a concept for your chosen play. Start with an idea that has strong intellectual, theoretical or literary significance. Then give form to the idea using the director’s materials: Action, Scene, Voice. Next imagine how that idea can evolve with your “team” - the actors and designer(s). Finally create a checklist of your main objectives. Conclude with a brief personal statement which simply expresses how you see the play.

The End