Film director

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A film director is a person involved in the production of a movie that, based on a screenplay, directs the dramatic and artistic aspects of a film. In most cases he will have to:

  • control the development and methods used in acting for creating the screenplay’s plot
  • create the vision of the movie, adding his personal touch
  • controls and directs the actor’s performance by blocking and explaining the needed emotional content
  • chooses where the movie will be filmed
  • manages technical details
  • ads his personal touch through different personal elements.
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Control

One of the main characteristics of a director stands in the degree of control applied in production. Between 1930 and 1950, the movie industry was different. That was when the film director was guided by superiors and had to cope with their wishes. Since then directors have started using different methods of directing. Robert Altman and Christopher Guest for instance would only point out what they want from the plot and will let the actors add their personal touch as they wanted to. The director would only step in when actions tend to go off the mentioned line. Another category is represented by directors that tell actors all they have to do. The crew and performers will thus have to follow the director to the letter and only his personal vision was allowed. Examples of such directors include Alfred Hitchcock, Charlie Chaplin and Stanley Kubrick.

The film director is often regarded to as being the most important person in the production of a movie. He is the one that has the control of how the plot is put on film and will also guide the actor to what he needs. Actors are also very important and while some directors will leave them work as they wish, most of them will control the actors and point them in the direction that is best suitable to their own vision of the film.

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