I wouldn’t think those skill sets are easily transferable seeing how much a director is in charge of. Like how did so many of the actors in The Office, also direct episodes? Bonus: does someone else stand in as director when you’re acting in a scene that you’re the director of that entire project?
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Experienced actors are often giving newer actors tips or helping to get the mood right in a scene with their skills. And after taking so much direction, they pick up nuances on how to set a scene well and contribute from their position. So it transfers more than you’d think.
Experienced actors are often giving newer actors tips or helping to get the mood right in a scene with their skills. And after taking so much direction, they pick up nuances on how to set a scene well and contribute from their position. So it transfers more than you’d think.
Why not get to decide more about how a story gets told than just interpret words from a script?
Actors act, but directors have to determine so much more about how a story gets told. Choosing locations, working with set and wardrobe design, checking with writers and producers and studio to make sure everyone is on the same page with the flavour.
Actors work adjacent to directors so much that they must have some good insights to what is necessary, and for a director knowing the internal insights of acting seems like a win win.
Why not get to decide more about how a story gets told than just interpret words from a script?
Actors act, but directors have to determine so much more about how a story gets told. Choosing locations, working with set and wardrobe design, checking with writers and producers and studio to make sure everyone is on the same page with the flavour.
Actors work adjacent to directors so much that they must have some good insights to what is necessary, and for a director knowing the internal insights of acting seems like a win win.
It’s like cooking. When you don’t know exactly what you do you follow a recipe which is like following what a director says. When you start to understand you can start to teach other people how to cook. Directors tell actors where to stand and give notes on performance.
Why not get to decide more about how a story gets told than just interpret words from a script?
Actors act, but directors have to determine so much more about how a story gets told. Choosing locations, working with set and wardrobe design, checking with writers and producers and studio to make sure everyone is on the same page with the flavour.
Actors work adjacent to directors so much that they must have some good insights to what is necessary, and for a director knowing the internal insights of acting seems like a win win.
It’s like cooking. When you don’t know exactly what you do you follow a recipe which is like following what a director says. When you start to understand you can start to teach other people how to cook. Directors tell actors where to stand and give notes on performance.
It’s like cooking. When you don’t know exactly what you do you follow a recipe which is like following what a director says. When you start to understand you can start to teach other people how to cook. Directors tell actors where to stand and give notes on performance.
The skills are complementary… both require an artistic interpretation of material to tell a story. Actors tend to be overall artistic/creative types. And in some ways, it’s no different than an accountant becoming an accounting manager or a programmer becoming a team lead, etc. using skills to then manage those with similar skills.
Not all actors turn into directors, but after acting on lots of movies, an actor might notice things that they think they could do better/differently and those accumulate into an urge to direct. Maybe they make some adjustments to their acting that a director likes gets them excited.
Not every pro athlete becomes a coach, but the players who approach their sport from a very cerebral perspective often become coaches. It’s a similar thing.
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