Application of modern interactive methods in teaching the course “Fundamentals of Directing”

The article analyses the possibilities of the systematic application of interactive methods — case study, role play, the project method, group discussion and video reflection — in teaching the course “Fundamentals of Directing”. On the basis of data from a pedagogical experiment conducted over two semesters, it is shown that interactive methods substantially increase the speed with which future directors arrive at staging decisions and improve their skills in working with a collective. The author proposes a methodological model for the course.