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Directing advice

Directing advice

From the course: Multi-Camera Video Production and Post

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Directing advice

- I'd like to share some directing advise with you. Now, directing is very much a matter of opinion, and you're going to have to have your own personal style. But, I've directed live TV for many years, and I have to share a couple of key tenets with you. First off, you have to realize that you literally are the captain of the ship. You need to be in charge. If you don't have that type of personality, you need to find a way to maintain control. Now, with that, any tension you add is going to go ahead and ripple throughout the entire production. You need to find a way to stay calm but keep in control. And I got to tell you, it can be pretty frustrating. You start slipping off schedule and everyone on set is just chattering and cracking jokes and they're not moving as fast as you want, the talent starts to drift, - Quiet on set for a moment please. - And one of the things you're going to want to do is snap at the crew. But you do that, and you lose people. What becomes important is that…

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