how to get NO feedback from Elise
...by NMI Artistic Director ELISE DEWSBERRY
notes from Elise
In this monthly video blog, I am going to be addressing a lot of topics that come up over and over again when I am giving feedback on drafts of new musicals. I’d like to think that if you keep these basics in mind while you are writing, you might be able to write a musical that would result in NO critical feedback from me! Let’s see if I can put myself out of a job…
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avoiding feedback: SONG SPOTTING AS A FUNCTION OF THE BOOK
This is post #22 - this time discussing song spotting as a function of the BOOK.
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avoiding feedback: THE WORK OF A SCENE – PART 5 – ILLUMINATING THEME
This is post #21 - this time discussing the benefits of making sure that, in every scene, your lead is in pursuit of goals that will lead them towards the illumination of your theme.
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avoiding feedback: THE WORK OF A SCENE – PART 4 – PLANTING SEEDS
This is Part 4 in the short series on the work of a scene - discussing “planting seeds” of information that will pay off later in the story.
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avoiding feedback: THE WORK OF A SCENE – PART 3 – POINTING FORWARD
This is Part 3 in the short series on the work of a scene - discussing “pointing forward” in every scene to some action or event that will occur - or at least have consequences - in a future scene.
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avoiding feedback: THE WORK OF A SCENE – PART 2 – EXPOSITION/PLOT/ACTION
This vlog is the second in a short series on the work of a scene - discussing exposition, plot, and action.
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avoiding feedback: THE WORK OF A SCENE – PART 1 – THE MOMENT BEFORE
This vlog begins a short series on the work of a scene - beginning with the “moment before”.
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avoiding feedback: ROUGH DRAFT
Once you’ve done all the ground work on your concept, theme, and plot - it’s time to write the rough draft.
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avoiding feedback: TRANSITIONS
This vlog covers another picky technical issue - scene transitions. Productions today are very cinematic in the flow of scenes - how can you make sure your script flows from scene to scene in a stageable way?
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avoiding feedback: STAGE DIRECTIONS
This vlog covers the picky technical issue of proper etiquette for stage directions: what belongs in them, and what doesn’t.
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avoiding feedback: ANSWERING A QUESTION
Year 2! This video talks about three different ways to answer a question that comes up during feedback.
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