When I began my sophomore year, I immediately began helping with Shrek The Musical. I knew into this show I’d be seeing all stages of production and many different styles of directing. Through this experience, I’ve learned that different directing methods work for different actors and while a lot of the show was well directed, there were points that if I were the one directing, I would have made different choices regarding certain scenes. Being on staff during the entire process, I know that I’m suppose to believe that every directing decision was the right one. But, now that I see the show up and running in its entirety, there are certain spots that I would have directed differently. An example that I felt could have been taken in a different
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It wasn’t the beginning of the scene that bothered me as much as when the song began. I felt that Hunter never fully reached the pain of his character’s past until almost the very end of the song. The song is called Farquad’s Ballad for the main reason as we are supposed to be paying attention to that character. However, it was very easy not to watch Hunter and watch the guards. I believe that the character doesn’t have to move in order to become the most interesting person on the stage. I think this wasn’t communicated properly between the director and the actors. While yes, the song was entertaining, it was entertaining for the wrong …show more content…
Even his facial expressions were not as entertaining as they could have been. If I were directing him, I would have told him to work on reaching his character’s past and bringing that pain to his face more. Yes, he was performing, but he wasn’t acting. As a director, I would have asked him to do some more research on this character and to really look at the lyrics of the song. Seeing Hunter throughout this production, I know he had the ability to grow, but because of lack of direction he could not grow with his character. Thus, there was a lost connection between him as an actor and the
It wasn’t the beginning of the scene that bothered me as much as when the song began. I felt that Hunter never fully reached the pain of his character’s past until almost the very end of the song. The song is called Farquad’s Ballad for the main reason as we are supposed to be paying attention to that character. However, it was very easy not to watch Hunter and watch the guards. I believe that the character doesn’t have to move in order to become the most interesting person on the stage. I think this wasn’t communicated properly between the director and the actors. While yes, the song was entertaining, it was entertaining for the wrong …show more content…
Even his facial expressions were not as entertaining as they could have been. If I were directing him, I would have told him to work on reaching his character’s past and bringing that pain to his face more. Yes, he was performing, but he wasn’t acting. As a director, I would have asked him to do some more research on this character and to really look at the lyrics of the song. Seeing Hunter throughout this production, I know he had the ability to grow, but because of lack of direction he could not grow with his character. Thus, there was a lost connection between him as an actor and the