"This books is about interviews with directors nominated for best film by the Directors Guild of America".
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1) 4 stages
Stage 1-Overseeing the development of the script.
Stage 2-Pre-production that changes a story on paper to a 3D ever transforming entity.
Stage 3-The production/shoot.
Stage 4-Post production.
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2) Experimentation-make the medium bend in on itself, entertain the audience but challenge them. Give them an uncomfortable experience.
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3) Great character development-a lot of humanity.
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4) Know a little bit of everything.
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5) When something goes wrong or gets in your way or doesn't work out as planned don't let it stop you.
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6) When doing a movie, you can get character by thinking about how people in your life act. For example the way your brother acts toward you or toward friends.
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7) Career- uncontrolled lurch downhill-a series of accidents- in a way it depends on how you seize certain moments.
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8) Write a scene and cut the scenes up to see were they fit to make a story.
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9) Think of the movie "Sliding Doors" were if you were to talk to a person an they took you in a direction or if you didn't talk to them and your life was completely different.
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10) Record a script and listen to the characters lines to get a feel for how the movies will sound
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11) Playing a character-What do I want more than anything else?
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12) As a Director-What do I was the audience to take away from this scene more than anything else?
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13) Everytime you do a movie their should be a strong theme and an idea that motivates you.
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14) Tape acting auditions.
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15) Switch endings to get a better sense of character.
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16) Take actor out to eat to get a better sense of who they are. Also builds a good relationship.
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17) Build crew with experience.
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18) Intravision- a special effects optical process that allows you to look through the camera and see exactly what you are going to get.
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19) Gobos- a device that covers part of the lens.
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20) Grifs/Gryflon- a plastic reflective material used with lighting.
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21) Lenshaker- shakes lens to give earthquake effect.
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22) Mix location shots with set shots for best look.
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