Assessment Guide: Director's Notebook

Note on marks and limits: Grade boundaries are set by the IB for each examination session, so any mark ranges below are approximate and unofficial. Page, word, and other limits change between guide versions; always confirm the exact requirements in the current subject guide your school is teaching before you finalize your work.

What the task is

For the Director's Notebook you choose a published play text that you have not previously studied, and you develop and present your ideas for how the whole play, and particular moments within it, could be staged for an audience. Working as a director, you research the play and its context, form a clear vision or concept for a production, and show how you would realize that vision through staging, performance,