C H A P T E R 3 6
DIRECTING THE CREW
Look in a film school’s movie credits for any particular period, and you will keep finding the same few names in different capacities. These are the people who so loved filmmaking that they would direct one month and be a friend’s writer, gaffer, or production manager the next. This is the kind of person you aim to become, and the kind you want in your crew.
LIMIT YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
As we have said, beginning directors want to oversee the whole crew’s work. Too often neglected is the human presence on the screen, the only aspect the audience really notices. A check of composition, as we shall see, is absolutely necessary, but the director must be willing to give technicians and production personnel control ...
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