There's a hilarious parody of this in Altman's The Player, w Richard E Grant fiercely pitching his "vision" to Tim Robbins, w Dean Stockwell acting as the "referee" lol
The first example of directing actors showed clips from movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona by Woody Allen, who is famous for just casting the right actor for the role and saying almost nothing to them before or during the shooting. And he gets amazing performances from the performers!
I think you can be all of these whitout issue. Not sure that i agree on these classifications but i i where to accept them for the sake of argument i feel there is at least alot of crossover between them.
Great input. But I strongly disagree on the "directing actors is the most important job". A good film is more than just a performance of an actor. It's the directors most important job to know how important each and every department is and how to use all of these tools in coherence to tell the story with everything at their disposal. Hitchcocks films for example aren't great, because he could direct actors well. He most importantly knew what to show in the viewer at what time in what way and angle to provoke a certain thought, emotion or perception. I think this craft gets lost in todays world and leads to the flood of boring and less than average movies.
I agree in most of what you say, but watch a technically well made film with amateur acting. I would rather watch a below par technically poor film with natural acting, than a wooden acting team with great visuals.
Interesting, In my experience most Directors invoke all these aspects and everything in between. Whatever the approach, the Director is the head creative leader and makes the final decision. When Directors don't, the film collapses
@@NostalgiNorden although he starred in theatre work, he didnt really 'come from the theatre' in the same way wed talk about someone like daniel day lewis
Been a Director for a decade and always thought of myself as an "Actor's Director" but when you did your description, I feel I'm more of a "Collaborative Director." I emphasis on team work. A trusting collaborator.
