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This document outlines the duties and responsibilities of an Assistant Director for a theatre production. It discusses that the Assistant Director acts as an extra set of eyes and ears for the Director during auditions, rehearsals, and performances. The duties are broken down into pre-production, production, and post-production checklists. Key responsibilities include attending meetings and rehearsals, taking notes for the Director, assisting with auditions, updating schedules and scripts, and ensuring all involved parties are thanked. The conclusion states that the Assistant Director position provides an opportunity to learn the overall production process and work towards becoming a Director.

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Assignment 1

This document outlines the duties and responsibilities of an Assistant Director for a theatre production. It discusses that the Assistant Director acts as an extra set of eyes and ears for the Director during auditions, rehearsals, and performances. The duties are broken down into pre-production, production, and post-production checklists. Key responsibilities include attending meetings and rehearsals, taking notes for the Director, assisting with auditions, updating schedules and scripts, and ensuring all involved parties are thanked. The conclusion states that the Assistant Director position provides an opportunity to learn the overall production process and work towards becoming a Director.

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KOLEJ PENGAJIAN SENI KREATIF

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA (UiTM)

COURSE CODE / NAME:


FPS411 – Stagecraft

LECTURER:
Nur Afifi Bin Mohamed Taib

TITLE OF ASSIGNMENT:
INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT

NAME / STUDENT ID:


SYAFIQAH NAJIHAH BINTI KAMARUL
EFFENDY
(2022961393)

PROGRAM / GROUP:
CAFF239-2A

DATE OF SUBMISSION:
2 December 2022
Assistant Director (AD) position is an opportunity to learn an individual
director’s process and whole production process. Duties are quite flexible.
Assistant director usually performs duties normally assigned to the Stage
Manager and Vice Versa. The task will decide based on the abilities for the
assistant, also needs of the show.

Usually, assistant director will act as another set of eyes and ears for sounding
board for the Director at auditions, rehearsals and performances. The assistant
director must keep in mind their status as a student of the production team in
academic theathre. It a must that the assistant director restrict their comments to
the director in order to avoid possibly contradictory messages.

INTRODUCTION

Scope of employment: Assistant Director (AD)

Description:

PRODUCTION TO DO CHECKLIST

Assistant Director (AD) duties begin in pre-production:


N0. Pre-production Checklist
1. Read and study about the production concept with director and discuss interpretation.
2. Meeting is compulsory. Attends all design meetings

3. Perform in research as requested, criticism, historical period, playwright’s biography


and body of work,
4. Attend and assist with auditions and call-backs.

PRODUCTION TO DO CHECKLIST

N0. Production Checklist


1. Attend all rehearsals, actively watch and listen, take notes for Director.
2. Update copy of script and rehearsal schedule.

3. Support the Director in realizing the play onstage, which requires an in-depth
understanding of the play, its characters, the setting.
4. Director may also ask Assistant Director to run special rehearsals such as line-
throughs or speed-throughs
POST-PRODUCTION TO DO CHECKLIST
N0. Post-production Checklist
1. Type up any rehearsal notes taken by the Director for distribution to the cast and/or
crew
2. Share these notes with the Director who may communicate them to the cast and/or
crew.
3. Insure that appropriate people and/or organizations are thanked in the program for
their contributions to the production.
4. Do posmoterm

CONCLUSION
In conclusion, as Assistant director position gives us the opportunity to handle event and
learn about the whole production process generally that basically work of the overall
Director. Assistant director is eventually work towards becoming the Director. Generally,
Assistant director in theatre production often takes care of the little things to make the
director’s life easier, such as help to following up on e-mail communications the director
does not have time for. Other than that, assistant director should also be ready to preparing
stage for rehearsals or helping afterward.

REFERENCE

Svich, T. C. (10 Jun 2020). Contemporary Theatre. Online Journal, 15.


Unknown. (May 2006). Department of Theathre Promotion & Tenure Guidelines. The
University of North Carolina, 13.

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