- In Response To Directing .

 My directing project was more difficult that i had imagined at times, though i think that pending the last minute switch, it was a success. Trying it first hand allows you to realize how important communication is, and in response it turned out to be much more successful than i would've thought. During class time, the communication with my actors turned out to be successful, aiming for more of a democracy than a straight up dictatorship. My actors seemed to respond well to it and it helped avoid any conflicts concerning decisions making. The biggest problem with communication from my actors was Chrissy not showing up to our final preparation class. We were on track, but had no flex time to end up on track by the end of the class especially if Chrissy wasn't there with her lines memorized and she was the focus of the skit. My first reaction was to dismiss her, and find a way for our group to have a project by the end of that class that would be as close to presentation-ready. At that point i realized how beneficial it was to have made a mind map of the initial ideas we had made from our first class of the project and because of this we were able to pick out our next two strongest ideas that would work with a maximum of 3 actors, instead of 4. This saved us a lot of time. By the end of that class, we were able to have the full layout of our skit and our lines memorized. It was at this point that i had made the decision that IF Chrissy were to show up the next day and had a valid excuse for missing class that i would let her step in as the waitress, which is a rather small part, but it was still beneficial because Chrissy still got a chance to participate as well as i got the chance to spend the last 45 minutes prior to presenting where i could watch the group and make the adjustments that being in the skit itself made it difficult to see. By the time we were ready to present, i felt as if we could pull it off, though one more day would've allowed us to clear up the confusion at the end. I think we did a good job at developing the two distinct atmospheres, though the conflict, because of being so chaotic in nature, was a little undeveloped. Chrissy not showing up was a challenge to our group but i feel as if we had a better outcome because of the pressure last minute. If i were to do it again, i think i would do relatively the same thing, possibly thinking through the clarity from an outside perspective, regardless of time limitations.