February 2012
30 posts
Assistant Director: DO THIS →
assistantdirector:
Ok. I will tell you why I often don’t hire someone. And it’s not that they aren’t good. It’s that they’re not reachable. And reading this, keep in mind I work mostly in low budget indie.
And also? Sometimes crew does things that makes them a pain to hire. It’s low budget, you’re wearing two hats…
Assistant Director: Resisting... →
assistantdirector:
The very strong urge to use a large voice on slow moving, meandering pedestrians in the cross walk. I know that walk. It’s the walk of many an actor. And I hate it. The walk you use to get to set is the same one you use in Manhattan. I should not suspect you are standing still. Or looking like you…
Screenwriting Tip #898
screenwritingtips:
Target the reader’s senses in your action lines. Don’t just describe images to them — let them hear a busy market, smell the smoke from a bonfire, feel a loving touch on the protagonist’s cheek. Put the reader inside the film, not in a theater seat.
“I tried to tell them that dialogue is very useful because we can communicate...”
– michel hazanavicius
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