Episode 2: Dota 2

Well, week 2 of my reflections and this week I'll be looking at Focus and Spatial Awareness. Boal's Dog and Bone game was a particular interesting and memorable experience for me and I've included that in the lesson plan that I did for my actors this week as well. The lesson plan on focus can be found here.

The game we'll be looking at this week is the very famous Dota 2. Dota stands for Defense of the Ancients and has been around for as long as I can remember. One of my more frequently played games and a personal favorite of mine. The need for spatial awareness and focus in this game is an imperative if you want to ensure victory.

On the subject of focus, I found it very useful to consider what the audience's focus is in a play. I used to only think about the internal focus of the actor on the character but I think knowing how to direct the audience's focus is going to be a very useful skill for me as a director.