Directing!

As I have said before when choosing the roles for our group, myself and Isa would most likely be co-directing/filming the opening. As luck would have it, our adviser has posted a couple informational videos and articles on directing as a way of offering us more tools at our disposal. In order to prepare for filming on Saturday I reviewed the sources my instructor provided and I learned a bit. 

 Directing Tips!

• Every frame is important!
• Being aware of what happens in every frame allows a director to better tell their audience everything that is happening within the scene.
  

• Get to know your actors and adjust to them
• The more you know your actors and their mannerisms, the better you can explain to them how you want them to act in the scene.
• Also since the actor I am working with is one of my friends, we have a level of familiarity and comfortability with each other so it will be easier to explain to each other what we want.
  

• Make use of negative space to showcase isolation
• This tip specifically was very eye opening to me, because although I probably realized it subconsciously, utilizing negative space is a great way to showcase a character is alone through their surroundings.
  

•  Know what you want your audience to feel when they watch your piece
• I have already discussed previously what I want my audience to feel when watching my opening but to summarize I want them to end asking what happens next? I want them to feel intrigue and wonder what the deeper story line is of the film.
  

• Being a good listener as a director is important
• Being a good director allows take in all the info and make a decision based off of it, or take something from one crew member and adjust it so you can say it to another.

•  Be able to adapt, everything rarely goes as planned
• Based on my previous blogs, we can see how plans have already fallen through and we had to adapt such as my storyboard earlier. 
  

•  Small directors wear a bunch of hats, editor, cinematographer, writer, etc 
• This tip is already a very well known aspect of small productions and as someone who has worked on numerous productions I know what its like to do multiple jobs on a production.
  

• See the movie in your mind
• Have an idea of what you will be filming before you film it, have a vision, "watch the movie before you film it."