How does having different directors change a film, considering they would be following the same script?
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There are thousands upon thousands of decisions a director will make over the course of the film. Even with an identical script, the locations, sets, actors, pace, music, cinematography all add up to make a big difference.
A script won’t detail every single thing about how a scene will be realised. It might be quite open to interpretation. It might simply say “EXTERIOR, RAINFOREST – DAY”. The director and the rest of the production now needs to find a way of shooting it to fulfil their vision. Do they shoot on location, or build a set, or use green screen and CGI. If its a location, what parameters need to be met and where specifically do they pick?
Certain actors might give identical lines a different spin. They may, for example, find more humour in the delivery, or go for a more serious tone. Therefore decisions made at the casting stage can make a huge impact on the final film, even if the script stays identical.
This carries through the whole production with the director giving input on editing, score, visual effects, sound mix etc and so on.
So basically, anything that ends up on screen does so via millions of choices and it’s impossible for a script to really contain all of this information.
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