7 published parts · in reading order
Learning Film Direction
From your first steps to finding your artistic voice, explore the choices a director makes and how to put them into practice.
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How Do You Become a Film Director? Where Does the Journey Begin?
From loving films to making your first scene: a practical introduction to directing choices, crew collaboration and learning with simple tools.
Read articleWhat Does a Director Actually Do? What Sets Them Apart from Other Filmmakers?
From reading the screenplay and preparing the film to directing performances and editing: how does a director bring the crew’s work into one dramatic vision?
Read articleFilm School or Independent Learning? How Do You Learn to Direct?
Film school or independent learning? Choose a learning environment, connect knowledge with practice and feedback, and try a practical four week programme.
Read articleHow Do You Watch Films Through a Director’s Eyes, Rather Than a Spectator’s?
From an impression to a directorial choice: observe information, attention, time, sound and performance through Rear Window’s opening and a practical exercise.
Read articleHow Do You Discover Your Artistic Vision and Develop Your Voice as a Director?
From a question that concerns you to the choices within a scene: explore vision, style and an artistic voice that develops through practice and collaboration, with a one page exercise.
Read articleWhere Do Good Film Ideas Come From?
From observation and personal experience to “what if?”, contradiction, research and constraints: how do we find idea seeds and test which deserve development before building the story?
Read articleHow Does a Small Idea Become a Story Worth Telling?
From an intriguing seed to a story with a character, desire, obstacles and stakes: how do we connect actions to consequences and test an idea before writing the screenplay?
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