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Directing Single Camera Drama
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Directing Single Camera Drama

by Mike Crisp
December 1997
Beginner
192 pages
4h 23m
English
Routledge
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CHAPTER

3 The director’s role

 

 

Film making must be the most collaborative and co-operative of ail the art forms, and 1 have always believed that the director should look on himself as a catalyst; the ingredient without which the actors in front of the camera and the crew behind it are unable to synthesize into a creative whole. So how does he achieve this? Well, every director has his own method. Some are egotistical monsters, some are quiet (yet hard as nails) control freaks. Some play dumb and get help from everybody, some are genuinely pleasant, creative people, some pride themselves on their efficiency but then are so committed to their visual scheme they leave no room for inspiration from actors or technicians. The list is endless, ...

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