Over the course of this unit I am going to be the director so its important I know what my role is. With research, I will hope to build upon my existing knowledge in order to be the best I can be when it comes to the production shoot and have a clear understanding of what a director does.
The first thing to note is that a director is the key vision behind any film that he or she directs. This is key to capturing the feel and tone of what the audience are watching and delivers the narrative from script to on screen in a way the director wants it to be told. I found a good way of describing it when reading about it, imagine a solar system, the director is the sun in the middle and other departments like writers, actors, D.O.P.s and editors all orbit around him or her like planets. He or she is involved in every part of the process from pre production, production and post production to convey the film into its final piece.
When working with the cast and crew its important that the vision is relayed to them. The right people will understand and respect the vision that you have and you will all work well as a team to get the vision that was behind it. This includes the cast as the director will make important decisions about who to hire for the film to make sure the vision is still being adhered to as well as throughout the production.
Scripts if there is dialogue and shot lists are important to keep the shoot running to how the director wants it. It is key that a director will create a shot list so that he or she can refer to it on the day and ensure no shot goes a miss. Although its important to get the shots on the list, a director can add to things in the moment creating more variety to play with later on in the edit. One of the last parts of pre production is when the director will scout locations and test their ideas to ensure that the film is going to look right visually.
In production, the director must be clear about their vision and ensure all the cast and crew understand what he or she is trying to achieve. Although everything has been thought out and well prepared, some improvisation is great on shoot and a director should not be afraid to try something that comes into his or her head if it is not written down on paper. A film shoot is very time consuming. On average, shooting a page of a script will equate to a minute of film and it can take a long time to shoot each page. The cast and crew should be in high spirits and a director should share his passion through speech and body language to allow the crew to deliver.
In post production, a director will sit with an editor and they will go through the edit together. Its important that the director guides the editor into what they want the film to look like. Once this complete and the director is happy, this is called the directors cut. Although this can be changed into a final cut, the films tone and the pace of it is near enough exactly as the director had imagined it and the film is then complete.
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