Friday, 27 November 2015

Pre-Production - Directing Talent

http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/3-directing-techniques-actors-can-use-look-brilliant/


This site will definitely help me. Communicating with actors is something i've never done. So We'll see!

Directing Technique #1: Before you roll camera on an actor, tell the actor that, for everything his or her character says, there are five other things his or her character could say but chooses not to say, and to play those five other things

Jay Dufeal done a great job in his monolougue in building a character that wasn't already build for him. I need my actors to fill in the blanks that I don't, to create an organic product.

Directing Technique #2: Before you roll camera on an actor, tell the actor that, right before the scene starts, and for the duration of the scene, his or her character is having a premonition of what will happen when the scene is over (the character will fall in love, or experience heartbreak, or get revenge, etc.

Interesting take. It's worth a look in and definitely going into my book for when I shoot.

Before you roll camera on an actor, tell the actor to imagine that the camera is someone standing across the street, observing his or her character during the scene, and that his or her character is aware of being observed but pretends not to notice

This will help in the context of my film definitely. Jimmy is becoming a ROADMAN and is constantly aware of people watching. He needs to feel like hes on the run somewhat, and if this mindset is instilled. He'll do just fine. 

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