Directing

The director decides on the look and feel of a film; they are responsible not only for where the camera will be in relation to the action but also how the actors perform in front of it.
The process begins when they read the script and form a stylistic approach to the material.
During pre-production the director draws up storyboards and shooting scrips, which describe on paper how the scrips will be shot.


When a director first imagines the script they are likely to see many different ways of filming it. The practical considerations of timing and money will impact on what can be achieved and their vision must be tailored to those.




It's my job in the group to maximise to the best of our ability, to show as much quality footage and explore and experiment in hopefully a more advanced video.

We first film in Joel's bedroom, in Liberty Park.

The Marvel effect will kick in at the beginning, slowly fading into a close-up of Joel waking up in bed, quickly focusing in on a big close up shot of his head. This is to show he was dreaming and suddenly comes to reality and has to fulfil his need to take on the challenge he had set himself on in his own mind.

I used many quick snap shots with lots of close ups in my instructional video, which i felt were some effective shots, and attempt to portray the emotions Joel will be expressing in his feeling towards this dream that led him to wake up so suddenly from.

Joel's room will be filled with a couple of props used specifically for video. In the video, Joel's character is obsessed with photography, he has loads of photos up on his wall of his old friend, himself and other friends, which remind him of good times. The camera shows them as Joel will be walking away from his bed, and the camera pans from a mid shot to waist. This will express his need to get out the room and allow the audience to consider what these images on his wall are and why he's escaped the room so quickly.

As Joel's character gets changed and leaves the flat i'm looking to capture his exit from a mid-shot angle at the back of him, and a close up from outside the room and show him exit over the camera from a low shot.

He'll walk down the stairs and keep the camera in corners of the hall way without moving the camera to leave his exit and where he's going a mystery. Leaving the camera in a high angel with it looking over his shoulder almost like a CCTV camera is watching over him. Or even in post production make it look like a CCTV camera? It will bring out the vulnerability and isolation in the character.

His exit from Liberty Park will see him entering the Park he's heading towards. Entering the camera from a long-medium shot, to a close up where he walks into the camera, then move onto the scene of him walking out of the camera and into the park. And reverse the camera angles from a close up, to medium-long range shot.

Joel's character is on a mission to capture some images and reminisce over old times with his friend that passed away. I aim to capture wide shots in the open space, this will set up the atmosphere and express his loneliness yet enjoyable experiences that still makes him happy and give him a reason to get out of bed.

I want to attempt making some of it personal so the camera shooting him is almost his friend, it follows and captures emotions Joel's character is expressing and so perhaps we take a POV of Joel's characters friend that he dreams about, pretending to be with him.

And shooting the end seems like the biggest difficulty at the moment, how are we going to portray his friend that passed away creep out the camera, and/or entering the film without giving the background story away too much.

It's the director of photography's responsibility that everybody the actors know their roles are and making sure everyone understands what he's trying to get from the footage.