Production roles

Question 1

Dramaturg

Answer 1

• Dramaturgist assist the director and other creation team members to stage a script with contextual accuracy, artistic harmony and effective performance.
• Role of dramaturg is to question everything (legit everything).
• Role of the dramaturg in existing works is to question why certain things are said/done in the play, and why things have been done in the past. They research what the characters wear, how they talk and communicate, the relationships between characters, and interpret this to accurately reflect the society in which the play is set.
• Dramaturgy = questioning and context.
• Dramaturg’s share information and debate ideas with directors and designers, plus peace keeper.
• This means finding out as much as they can about the historical, political, environmental, socio-economic and cultural landscape.
• Dramaturg consider how their research will effect acting and design choices.

Question 2

Dramaturgical process

Answer 2

1. Speak with director and other designers
2. Read scripts to identify clues to find out as much as they can about the historical, political, environmental, socio-economic and cultural landscape. To work out what props to use, the subtext in characters dialogue.
3. Research & investigation. Talking to people, internet research, book research, historical investigation.
4. Rehearsals: identify effectiveness of research and see what else needs to be researched.
5. Sharing information: discuss research with director and creative team, present research in a written report

Question 3

Costume Designer

Answer 3

A costume designer is respoinsible for everything that adorns the actors in the playing space.

Question 4

Costume Design process

Answer 4

1. Costume designer (CD) meets with the rest of the design team after reading the play
2. Everyone agrees on the creative vision
3. CD looks for script clues
4. CD conciders the practicality of costume, and the context of the play
5. CD records initial thoughts about the process
6. CD researches historical, political, economic, social, cultural and environmental landscape of the inner world of the play
7. CD experiments and drafts costume
8. CD seeks feedback on initial designs
9. CD creates design documentation
10. Design is finalised and designs are painted up with full length views of the back and the front with attached sample fabric
11. The tailor creates the costumes

Question 5

Director

Answer 5

• works with everyone
• finds the purpose
• finds ‘big picture view’
• purpose, message and production big picture = directors vision
• begins work with creative team
• designers and directior agree on overall vision
• rehearsals = time for director to work with actors, stage manager and key crew members.