C H A P T E R 2
IDENTIFYING YOUR
THEMES
This chapter concerns the choice of subject you make when you direct, how you assess its meaning, and how you can unite these with your deepest interests. The clarity that comes from this will help in everything you do.
STORIES YOU CARE DEEPLY ABOUT
Whether you write your own stories, work from someone else’s script, or choose something to adapt, you will always face these central questions:
- • How am I going to use my developing skills in the world?
- • What kind of subjects should I tackle?
- • What can I be good at?
- • What is my artistic identity?
Each new film project should be about something meaningful to you, not just an exercise in basic skills. If it isn’t, you’ll be deferring authorship in pursuit ...
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