RTF 368 Directing Workshop

Unique No. 07550

Faculty: Shea

Class Time: W 12-3

Room: Studio 4E (CMLab Time: M 5-8

Room: Studio 4E (CMB 4.134)

Writing Comp: No

Comm/Culture Req: No

Closing Limit: 15

Cross-listed: No

Prerequisites

Must be an RTF major with a UT GPA of at least a 2.25 and have upper-division standing. Prerequisite: RTF 343 or 367L.

Consent requirements

This course does not require consent. Registration is open via the online registration system to all RTF majors.

First class day policy

Students must attend the first class day or make prior arrangements with the instructor.

Course description

This workshop explores the role of the director in the process of translation from page to screen, focusing on the director/actor relationship, narrative structure and visual language. Assignments will include the casting, mounting and realization of dramatic narrative scenes. Special emphasis will be placed on the development of the skills necessary to communicate effectively with actors to achieve authentic and vivid performances.

Assistant Professor Andrew Shea is joining the Department in the Fall 04 to teach courses in directing. He has worked extensively in both feature filmmaking and directing for the stage.

Both of Professor Shea's feature films, The Corndog Man and Santa Fe, screened at the Sundance Film Festival and numerous other national and international festivals. The short film he made while an MFA student at USC, Take My Breath Away, was one of two American shorts invited to screen in the International Critics Week of the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.

In the 1980s, he founded the New Mexico Repertory Theatre, a regional professional theatre based in Santa Fe and Albuquerque. During his tenure as artistic director, the New Mexico Rep became the largest and most successful theatre in the history of the state.

He has also written several film and television scripts which are currently optioned and/or in development. He is attached to direct these, as well as a variety of other projects that are in development for film and/or television.