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Jul 13, 2020 · There’s a lot of innovation, intuition, and learning through the school of hard knocks that can help you become this type of director, but I want to highlight two simple tips to get you started.
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Dec 27, 2023 · Haynes is well known as an actor’s director. “The thing about preparing with actors is that it almost always starts with external decision-making,” he explains.
Oct 1, 2023 · Directing actors isn’t as simple as telling a thespian what to do on set. It involves multiple stages and intense, intimate work with the actor. There is casting, pre-production discussion, script analysis, and rehearsal before an actor and director even walk on set.
- Know The Material. The very first thing you’ll need to do is study the script. Over, and over, and over. Learn what you can about the characters, the context, the world of the story—anything that might help you determine what the writer intended and how the scene should be played.
- Read With Your Actors. Once you have your actors in the room, read the scene together at least twice before you start any discussion. How does the piece sound aloud as opposed to how it read on the page?
- Block the Scene. The trick with blocking—the planning of actors’ physical movement and positioning in the scene—is to not overthink it. Block so that the audience/camera can see the action, and in a way that enhances the drama of the scene but never gets in the way of performance.
- Plotting Actions. Once the scene has been interrogated, discussed and blocked, it’s time for your actors to start running it. This is the point in the process where a lot of first-time or inexperienced directors trip themselves up by trying to tweak and shape the scene too much—or at least too much too quickly.
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