Silent Sky: Tips for Directing

Make it Sparkle Video with Beth Auble
Theatre Teacher and Director

(4:49) runtime

Director’s Notes

In this segment, Beth highlights

• Doing your research to understand the time period of your show. 

• Learning what attire and materials looked like during a time period, and adapting those in simple ways for the stage.

• Using hidden meaning through color - you can tell an entire story through color, which the audience will pick up on subconsciously. 

• Starting with a color palette and adapting from there - for example if the world is the night sky, choose which costume colors will represent the sky, and which will represent the earth. 

• Showing time passage without significant costume changes - ie, through change of a cloak to a jacket to a vest.