CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!
January 7, 2014
ACTION!
"When you're directing an ongoing series, the tone has already been set. So a director will come in and fulfill that tone - reinforce the characters and their behavior. The challenge is to find unique ways that you can visually tell the story while keeping the established tone and the pace and the characters." Bryan Cranston
One constant is true.
In my honest opinion, if asked who is the most important person on set, I would have to say it all comes down to the director Directors are the captain of the ship. Everything rests on their shoulders. Everything. They are responsible for everyone and everything on that set. More importantly though they are responsible for the idea...the vision. Whatever that vision may be, the director has to keep it close and protect it and work it like a sculptor works with clay until the vision has been realized.
As fortunate as I have been to have worked as much as I have I am even more fortunate to have had the pleasure of working with some pretty damn amazing directors.
S.J. Clarkson, TURN
Nelson McCormick, Killing Kennedy
Victor MA Nash, Summer League, Foot Patrol, P.A.L
The directors I listed above are three amazingly talented directed and pretty awesome people. I would work with them again in an instant.
Why?
These three directors possess the qualities you want in a ship's captain or anyone else in charge. These directors understand their medium and they know how to work the tools needed to bring the vision to life. They are smart and compassionate and have a sense of humor. They like people and know how to work with them...how to talk to them.
They possess a quiet dignity and a calm yet strong demeanor.
I respect all of those qualities in a director and therefore respect these three.
It is a fine balance to maintain the vision of the writer or writers all the while maintaining their own creative sensibilities and integrity and vision. It's a dance they know well and its a dance they perform well.
And...
It's crazy on set!
Crazy!
Regardless if its television or film, a set is a tornado of activity. So many people! So many egos and ideas and problems and surprises and setbacks and...
Well. You get the picture.
Whether or not you crumble under the pressure or remain composed all depends on what kind of person you are in your heart.
These three people are great directors because they are just basically good nice people.
Confident artists who know what they want and go about achieving that goal by being respective and conducting themselves professionally with a sense of humor. You have to be firm when you need to and these three talented directors understand that. They couldn't be tyrants or divas if they tried. It's just not in their nature.
As I've said I have had the pleasure and honor to not only watch them work, but to work under them and in one case call them friend.
Just keeping it reel.
Copyright 2014
Al Rights Reserved.
ACTION!
"When you're directing an ongoing series, the tone has already been set. So a director will come in and fulfill that tone - reinforce the characters and their behavior. The challenge is to find unique ways that you can visually tell the story while keeping the established tone and the pace and the characters." Bryan Cranston
I've been fortunate now to have worked on a variety of projects with a variety of production teams. From short film to episodic television to projects advertised as global television events I have had a variety of experiences as a background actor.
One constant is true.
In my honest opinion, if asked who is the most important person on set, I would have to say it all comes down to the director Directors are the captain of the ship. Everything rests on their shoulders. Everything. They are responsible for everyone and everything on that set. More importantly though they are responsible for the idea...the vision. Whatever that vision may be, the director has to keep it close and protect it and work it like a sculptor works with clay until the vision has been realized.
As fortunate as I have been to have worked as much as I have I am even more fortunate to have had the pleasure of working with some pretty damn amazing directors.
S.J. Clarkson, TURN
Nelson McCormick, Killing Kennedy
Victor MA Nash, Summer League, Foot Patrol, P.A.L
The directors I listed above are three amazingly talented directed and pretty awesome people. I would work with them again in an instant.
Why?
These three directors possess the qualities you want in a ship's captain or anyone else in charge. These directors understand their medium and they know how to work the tools needed to bring the vision to life. They are smart and compassionate and have a sense of humor. They like people and know how to work with them...how to talk to them.
They possess a quiet dignity and a calm yet strong demeanor.
I respect all of those qualities in a director and therefore respect these three.
It is a fine balance to maintain the vision of the writer or writers all the while maintaining their own creative sensibilities and integrity and vision. It's a dance they know well and its a dance they perform well.
And...
It's crazy on set!
Crazy!
Regardless if its television or film, a set is a tornado of activity. So many people! So many egos and ideas and problems and surprises and setbacks and...
Well. You get the picture.
Whether or not you crumble under the pressure or remain composed all depends on what kind of person you are in your heart.
These three people are great directors because they are just basically good nice people.
Confident artists who know what they want and go about achieving that goal by being respective and conducting themselves professionally with a sense of humor. You have to be firm when you need to and these three talented directors understand that. They couldn't be tyrants or divas if they tried. It's just not in their nature.
As I've said I have had the pleasure and honor to not only watch them work, but to work under them and in one case call them friend.
Just keeping it reel.
Copyright 2014
Al Rights Reserved.
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