Director’s Concept Project Before Turning It In… Use this as your guide

Point #1: Play Title Put on the cover page, centered Capitalize the name of your play PAGE ONE

Point #2: Playwright’s Name Place this directly underneath the play title, centered Capitalize both the first and last names PAGE ONE

Point #3: Month & Year of Drama Magazine Place this directly underneath the author’s name, centered Capitalize the month PAGE ONE

Point #4: Setting Place this on the second page, justified left, with the title of SETTING and underline it Location: City, State, Country, Planet Year: 4 digits Reasoning: a small paragraph PAGE TWO

Point #5: Concept Word Label Concept Word and underline it, justified left Underneath, put your concept word PAGE TWO

Point #6: Concept Sentence Label Concept Sentence and underline it, justified left Underneath, put your concept sentence PAGE TWO

Point #7: Concept Statement Label Concept Statement and underline it, justified left Underneath, put your concept statement Your concept statement should be at least 5 sentences. Points will be taken off for less than this. PAGE TWO

Point #8: Set Design Label Set Design and underline it, justified left Underneath, you will draw the set design. Fill the whole page. You may draw it landscape, instead of portrait NOTE: You no longer have to do the paragraph description PAGE THREE

Point #9: Costume Design Label Costume Design and underline it, justified left Underneath it, you need to include a minimum of FOUR characters, and thoroughly describe what they are wearing (clothes, shoes, accessories), what their hair looks like, and any special make-up requirements Include their gender & age PAGE FOUR

Point #10: Lighting Design Label Lighting Design and underline it, justified left List the colors and describe why you are including this color in your design & how it affects your story and your audience You should somehow include the actual colors, visibly, to the side PAGE FIVE

Point #11: Today’s Relevance Label and underline Today’s Relevance ½ page PAGE SIX

Point #12: Additional Information Label and underline Additional Information ½ page PAGE SIX

Point #13: Blocking Only the bird’s eye view, and NOT the entire set design. No labels Include color coding and numbers Make sure to reference your character’s lines with their numbers PAGES SEVEN & EIGHT

Point #14: Audition Notice Free form Entire page Make sure everything from checklist is included PAGE NINE