I just watched Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down for the first time the other day and was riveted.. ..an at once alarming and charming film, with a teeter-totter tone that had me totally invested into how our dual protagonist's wholly unique conundrum would pan out.. a new cult classic anti-hero / anti-heroine on-screen duo in my book!..
It's unbelievable see how every filmmaker have their own approach with their actors and actresses, it's like have a blank sheet and every each of them decide how to paint a tree. I love it.
This was my fave episode of StudioBinder. Please do more shows like this about directors and actors. Its so interesting because there aren't enough of them when compared to all the shows there are about things like effects, cinematography, and sound. Thanks for sharing on youtube.
Could you make a video with the basics of directing actors for new filmmakers that have never done it, and maybe with actors that are not professional as a lot of us are starting out small? I would benefit a lot from a dedicated video for new people making shorts etc.@@StudioBinder
I think this series is the most useful to me personally, simply because as much as I love working with actors, I avoid directing as much as I can because I’m not very good at directing them. I think that’s the only reason why I’ve always sticked to being a DP
same with me, but we have to start somewhere. I did my first short film as a director this summer. I learned a lot, and I was not very good at it. Now the next time I will know what NOT to do as I see what worked and what did not work. I believe in you, I know you can do it :-)
I think every actor has a uniqueness to his acting style, and the director should allow him the freedom to bring it to the fore, instead of being too much dictatorial.
It would really be a good thing if you made the titles of the movies you're using clips from to be more legible. You make them far too translucent. And when you use the cursor to take the video back in the time line, the title is place at the same level of the timeline and the chapter heading at the bottom of the video. Your channel is very good at coming across movies I've never heard of before and would like to see. But it's hard to see what movies they are. And on top of that, the title might be on either side of the video.
Hello Sir. It's been a while since I last watch your videos on your channel. I also want to be like you and actually I have something in mind on making a film, it's called Book of Tobit. I want to do some Cecil B. DeMil Cinematography Techniques but a colored film. It's just that it's very hard to come up on ideas on how to capture the place so that will look realistic. You have something in mind sir? Any suggestions, etc.? Pls. Comment down below on my comment section sir😊. I await on your feedback. Thank You 😊❤
What a bunch of self-aggrandizing cliched Hollywood mythology hokum, talked into minutia, signifying nothing... If any of this was "true" then why are the vast majority of films so awful, inclduing most of the AFY Top 100 Films of All Time? Why keep repeating the same things in the same way and getting the same results? That's not creativity. Please...Rehearsing "spontaneity"? For example: People keep pointing to "Daughters of the Dust" as being something worthy but all I see is a preachy, low budget, contrived, highly staged, corny, tedious pontifications from amateurish actors who are almost impossible to understand. Ed Wood is more entertaining, and his filmmaking was at least honest -- a satire of all the bull shown in this video. It's not brain surgery, folks.
I don't do rehearsals. I teach as I go -- eyelines, framing, composition, blocking, intentions and motivations (such as fear, doubt, guilt or shame). I teach surprises and reveals. I teach voice modulation and slowing down, thinking. I give them a list of movies to watch, similar in style and tone, examples. I HATE a bunch of nonsense talking which confuses them, drains energy. I don't do storyboards or shot lists -- the script IS all that -- and I shoot in order, so they are telling the story in sequence, know where they are at and why. I act the part out while they watch the monitor and point out decisions and choices. I ask for suggestions. I let the camera run before and after a take, just in case they do something I can use as an insert. I suggest homework such as writing a character backstory or compare and contrast. I call them on sloppiness and bad habits, such as stage actors learning to listen (which people mostly don't in real life) and to stare at the other scene person the whole time. I make sure they have no reason to be distracted such as people standing around on set who do nothing, plenty of healthy snacks and water, convenient bathrooms, privacy to gather their thoughts. The main goal is to learn craft (not be a passive populace employee), not build ego, unrealistic expectations, and reflect on the experience itself, forget the audience and what other people think. The goal is critical thinking, a platform for both expression and collaboration, not pleasing the director or second guessing, which is what most actors are trained to do. I always do a take just for them and their ideas, free to do whatever they imagine, even if it's "nothing", just "being" As a director, I would feel tremendous guilt to show up on set and THEN decide what the shot is, making everyone else wait. That's not fair to the actors or crew or budget. Thank you for asking.@@StudioBinder
The voice is back I would like this guy to narrate the beginning of my short film, I wonder how much he charges. The days that he’s gone he’s probably on vacation or maybe working on other projects for future films, which is well-deserved so they need to bring a substitute every so often to give this guys voice or rest. It’s all good.
Thousand Thanks StudioBinder for this Inspiring Masterclass. One of the Best Video you made. How to Direct Actors is An important process to make Masterpieces.
I remember William Wyler, the best director who has the ability to bring the best out of his actors may it be in the speech patterns, mannerisms or facial expression he knows how to fix or make it more profound and layered. Bette Davis, Olivia De Havilland and Audrey Hepburn all have iconic performances under his impeccable direction. A true legend indeed.
Great video, very valuable. What I take away from it is that it is not one right or wrong way to do direction. Everyone needs to find a style that works for them. Question: do you think a director hasa style of for example shooting just a few takes or like the example of the one touching the actors. Do you think some actors will not take a role because the style of directing does not match to the actor?
Yeah for sure, every great director discovers their method that they've realized consistently gets the performance they need from their actors. I don't think it's style as much the director themselves that makes the actor decide
Directors have to know enough about everything to hire the appropriate people -- and LISTEN TO THEM. This applies especially to directors like Stallone and Nolan and Cameron and Spielberg who think they're writers but are not. Nolan, because he's better educated, is probably closest, but close doesn't count!
This is padded out back patting for kids disguised with a posh English voice. Nothing useful first 3 minutes. All the best screen performances had nothing to do with the director. Eg. DDL in There will be Blood, Pacino in Scarface, Nicholson in anything.
Thanks so much for this amazing video and including some of my favorite directors. I've really struggled with directing actors in the past and that's why I usually am a DP... I hope this video will help me become more confident with directing actors... Thanks!
@@StudioBinder all tye BTS with directors wearing face blankies. There's millions of hours of footage from film sets to use where people aren't looking ridiculous
