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 Theatre direction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The director, as a position in and of itself, is a relatively new innovation in the history of theatre, with the first examples appearing in the late 1800s and widespread popularity only being achieved in the early part of the 20th century.
Many contemporary directors use a creative amalgam of styles, depending on the genre of the theatrical work, the nature of the project and the type of cast.
A theatre director is a principal in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a play by unifying various endeavors and aspects of production.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Theatre_director   (554 words)

  
 Film director - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Directors often work closely with film producers, who are usually responsible for the non-artistic elements of the film, such as financing, contract negotiation and marketing.
A film director orchestrates the artistic and dramatic aspects of a film, based on a screenplay.
The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Film_director   (702 words)

  
 Director - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Film director, the person responsible for orchestrating the artistic and dramatic aspects of a film
Director may also be the title of a mid-level manager in a business organization.
Osama bin Laden, one of whose nicknames is "The Director"
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Director   (120 words)

  
 Filmmakers.com: The Film Director
The director, whether he explicitly controls all the subordinate work in a film or merely creates a certain context through his very presence, is the only participant in a film's creation whose moment of self-expression is wide enough and, thus, whose artistic vision may come to characterize the film as a whole.
The film director is seen as a leader of others, as providing a kind of guiding force.
Judging from the comments of most professional directors, there is very little agreement as to what exactly their function is. There are some directors who say that they must concentrate primarily on the structures of the script.
www.filmmakers.com /stories/Director.htm   (1009 words)

  
 Director, Television
The television director, who sits atop the chain of command of the crew during the actual filming or taping of the show, is responsible for the visualization of the TV program, selecting the different camera angles and compositions that will used.
Even in cases where the director is hired after a producer has initiated a project, and a script has already been commissioned, the director has great leeway to interpret the material in her or his own way.
The director of an American football game must be ready for the cut to the downfield camera before the quarterback throws the pass, for example, or the talk show director should anticipate an outburst of audience response.
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/D/htmlD/directortel/directortel.htm   (1931 words)

  
 MAGAZINE CRAFT Singularity of Vision: The Origin of the One Director to a Film Policy VOL 29-1: May 2004
Over the last few decades, the single director to a film rule has protected directors from having the will of someone else, be it a producer, writer, actor or another, from imposing themselves on the director's role.
Director Elliot Silverstein, chair of the 1978 Creative Rights Negotiating Committee, recalled that "Our concern was that the use of more than one director (and if two why not three or four, etc.?) would lead to the producer becoming an über director and the director(s) becoming messengers.
Though Joe and Anthony Russo had written their low-budget independent films together, it was the fact that they had directed both the non-Guild feature length film Pieces and the short The Kiss together, as well as interviews with the brothers, that resulted in the WDC granting them a waiver to co-direct Welcome to Collinwood.
dga.org /news/v29_1/craft_singularity_504.php3   (2360 words)

  
 Film Director
In most cases, directors work on films far longer than any actor, technician or editor, from the first day of brainstorming to the final release; it is no wonder that directing is physically, mentally, and emotionally draining.
Directors work with actors, makeup artists, cinematographers, writers, and film, sound and lighting technicians.
Film school students must complete their own short films by graduation; you should be prepared to work under difficult conditions, share space, and convince actors to work for little or no money.
www.princetonreview.com /cte/profiles/dayInLife.asp?careerID=65   (476 words)

  
 Imdb Glossary letter: D
During filming, the director and some actors may view these dailies as an indication of how the filming and the actors' performances are progressing.
The Director of Photography has a number of possible duties: selection of film stock, cameras, and lenses; designing and selecting lighting, directing the gaffer's placement of lighting; shot composition (in consultation with the director); film developing and film printing.
Typically, a director has complete artistic control over all aspects of the movie, but it is not uncommon for the director to be bound by agreements with either a producer or a studio.
www.imdb.com /Glossary/D   (1418 words)

  
 Lord of the Recordings - The film director as DJ. By Adam Baer
When a director looks for a composer these days, it's usually to write incidental music to be played between the pre-released pop hits that form the real soundtrack of the film.
Film music, as I hinted around Oscar time last year, is a fiddly art: While strong movie music should flavor and pace a film, it shouldn't divert you from the narrative.
Directors who employ pre-composed soundtrack music would seem to think so: Not only are they willing to entrust their work to existing recordings, but they also borrow heavily on those recordings' resonance and meaning.
www.slate.com /?id=2063386   (910 words)

  
 Film 100
The authors of Film 100 considered just about every inventor and scientist connected to the film industry, but under the weight of scrutiny, most were edged out by businessmen who exploited their invention.
The final shot of her staring into the sea is one of film's most enduring images.
Not her finest film, but to get a sense of Garbo's incredibly magnetic allure, it can't be topped.
www.filmsite.org /film100.html   (916 words)

  
 Film Institute
To inculcate the sense of responsibility towards the film and television industry of India, and in turn the profession and masses in general, the students are encouraged the growth of the new innovative ideas.
Film industry was very disorganised and the television was yet to be born.
FILM is now a household name in the field of Media training and education.
www.filminstituteindia.com   (656 words)

  
 Actors, producers and directors
Many films are shot on location and may employ local professional and nonprofessional actors.
Others working in film- and theater-related occupations are makeup artists, theatrical and performance; fashion designers; set and exhibit designers; and writers and authors.
Employment of actors, producers, and directors is expected to grow about as fast as the average for all occupations through 2014.
www.bls.gov /oco/ocos093.htm   (3056 words)

  
 Imdb Glossary letter: A
A filmmaker, generally a director, who creates a body of work with a unified sensibility that reveals, through the interplay of themes and styles, a personal worldview.
DVD mastering process whereby a film source with an aspect ratio greater than 4:3 (usually also greater than or equal to 16:9) is transferred to the DVD video master in such a way that the picture is vertically stretched by a factor of about 1.33 (e.g.
The first graded print of a film that combines sound and picture, which is created for the client to view and approve before printing the rest of the copies of the film.
www.imdb.com /Glossary/A   (1837 words)

  
 LDS FilmMovies by Latter-day SaintsLDS VideosUtah filmmakers
Mission to Mars: upcoming Scott Swofford IMAX film, made along with Walt Disney Productions; director of photography: T.C. Christensen; directed by George Butler ("Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure", "Pumping Iron", "Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry"); 2005 release scheduled.
Director Peter Johnson worked with BYU Professor of ancient scripture, S. Kent Brown, to record what scholars believe is the probable route followed between 600 BC and 589 BC by ancient inhabitants of Jerusalem who traveled to the Americas, as documented in the Book of Mormon.
The film was released December 17, 2005, in the Legacy Theater at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in Salt Lake City, as part of the Church's commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Joseph Smith's birth.
www.ldsfilm.com   (7267 words)

  
 Director File ·· Chris Cunningham
His films' overall effect derive from the concentration on subtleties, be it erasing snot bubbles from Beth Gibbons' nose, perfecting the look and design of Mean Machine, hyper-actively editing Come On My Selector, or placing Fi-Fi in a flourescent-lit room.
Film is not Chris Cunningham's only working ground, though.
As for his future output, it will likely come in the form of short films, even though he has published only three short films since 2000.
www.director-file.com /cunningham   (522 words)

  
 BBC NEWS Entertainment Film X-Men director 'to film Superman'
Director Singer had been scheduled to work on the third X-Men film - which he now looks unlikely to do - as well as a Warner Bros remake of Logan's Run.
X-Men director Bryan Singer is to shoot the new film version of Superman, replacing departing Charlie's Angels director McG, it is reported.
Director McG - real name Joseph McGinty Nicol - is also said to have clashed with Warners over casting, location and budget.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/film/3905891.stm   (323 words)

  
 Alisa Anglesey - Film Director
Alisa Anglesey is an award-winning writer and director of short films.
Her films, which feature deeply ethical and spiritual stories, can be seen on a number of videos.
As a film student, Alisa Anglesey wrote, produced and directed "Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath" in 1996 while at Brigham Young University.
www.ldsfilm.com /directors/Anglesey.html   (1175 words)

  
 Director Film
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 become a film director on 43 Things
People have suggested "become a film director" is really the same as:
I need to become an indy film director that offers powerful roles primarly for older women.
This movie really makes me feel even more that I need to become a film director to help give the women in Hollywood another choice for work out there.
www.43things.com /things/view/15762   (472 words)

  
 Full Sail: Film School
Full Sail’s Film Degree Program covers the entire filmmaking experience, as you work with students united by their love of movies.
As they say in film schools across the country (and we’re paraphrasing), “Anyone can make a better movie than Battlefield Earth.” Ok, they might not really say that, but if you’ve been looking for a college that can show you how, welcome to Full Sail.
And the whole time, you’ll be using these newfound skills to actually create films.
www.fullsail.com /index.cfm/fa/degree.overview/dp_id/3/Film   (154 words)

  
 Blade Runner (1982)
Director Scott admitted that when he filmed the rooftop scene, he forgot to get a proper shot of the bird flying and had to film it much later.
Trivia: Director Trademark: [Ridley Scott] [Mothers]Leon shoots his interviewer just as he is asked a question about his mother.
When we cut to a shot of the bird flying away, the bird is not flying in rain, the sky is cloudless.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0083658   (624 words)

  
 FilmMakers.com: Features Film Directors
His first memories of film were when his parents would take him to the movies around the age of five.
Some directors say they must concentrate primarily on the inherent beauty in the narrative and dialogue patterns in the script.
The primary responsibility of the DP is to create the mood and feel of the picture with their lighting.
www.filmmakers.com /director   (485 words)

  
 Chinese Film, studies by director
"Transnational Cinema, Hybrid Identities and the Films of Evans Chan." Postmodern Culture 8, 2 (1998).
"Chinese Film Culture at the End of the Twentieth Century: The Case of Not One Less by Zhang Yimou." In Sheldon Lu and Yueh-Yu Yeh, eds., Chinese-Language Film: Historiography, Poetics, Politics.
"Reinventing Masculinity: The Spectacle of Male Intimacy in the Films of John Woo." Film Quarterly 49, 4 (1996): 23-34.
mclc.osu.edu /rc/filmbib3.htm   (8193 words)

  
 City of Seattle Mayor's Film & Music Office Web Site-Home Page
The Mayor's Office of Film and Music is dedicated to supporting the film industry and works to maintain Seattle's reputation as a professional, efficient, and hospitable location in which to film.
The film is about a young actress who confronts her teenage self.
The collection of films in the series represents a range of work that includes documentaries, historical pieces and even a comical look at one of this region’s more famous creatures.
www.seattle.gov /filmoffice   (1740 words)

  
 Bright Lights Film Journal Director Profiles
The Kuchar Brothers — Major figures in the American Underground film movement of the 'sixties, George and Mike Kuchar are the acknowledged pioneers of the camp/pop aesthetic that would influence practically all who came after them, from Warhol and Waters to Vadim and Lynch.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder — Few filmmakers lived their private lives more publicly than Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945-1982), and few have had those lives so relentlessly linked to their artistic output.
Kenji Mizoguchi — Mizoguchi, with Ozu and Kurosawa one of the three undisputed masters from the golden age of Japanese cinema, was born in 1898 in the middle class district of Hongo, in Tokyo.
www.brightlightsfilm.com /directors.html   (2145 words)

  
 Director General Films Documentary Drama
When filming a teenager affected with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, a group of diabetics or an Aboriginal dipping a net into the Fraser River, Director General reveals the common and essential humanity of people, without diminishing or romanticizing their distinctive differences.
In addition, Director General’s knowledge and cultural sensitivity allow our film subjects to be comfortable, honest and real.
Guided by the code of candid communication and mutual respect, Director General creates films that light up larger social issues by telling the stories of everyday people.
www.directorgeneral.ca   (119 words)

  
 Belize International Film Festival
N.B. Tickets are not marked for specific films this year.
Director, For Her, A Different Man and Red Passport (screening at Festival)
- Access to all screenings at the Bliss during Festival Dates including Opening Night and Closing Night Ceremonies and Films.
www.belizefilmfestival.com   (344 words)

  
 Kubrick Multimedia Film Guide
The site leaves the interpretation of his films to the viewer and serves mainly images and sounds from Kubrick's films.
Also, the individual film sections also contain links to other web resources dealing specifically with that film.
The Kubrick Multimedia Film Guide is not affiliated in any way with Stanley Kubrick or any affiliated companies.
www.indelibleinc.com /kubrick   (226 words)

  
 John Hughes (film director) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
These films are acclaimed by many critics for their complex, three-dimensional portraits of the tragicomedy of adolescence, as well as their acute probing of the social hierarchies of high school.
A 1968 graduate of Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Illinois, Hughes used Northbrook and the surrounding North Shore area for location shooting in many of his films.
He has been noted as an inspiration for many in the film industry including Kevin Smith, as noted in his film Dogma.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Hughes_(film_director)   (427 words)

  
 UK screen - Film and TV Crew : Director, Director Directory
Alan, he's the one on the left, pictured with director, Alain Jakubowitz, started as a stills photographer nearly 40 yeas ago and has shot all over the world, including, Hollywood, South Africa,Canada, Malaysia and Romania shooting features, drama and documentaries on film and digital formats.
Following three years working in Paris in areas ranging from fashion photography to construction, I have spent the last five years back in London working in film, video, theatre and stills, as a director, cameraman, gaffer, and spark.
I have worked on several commercials and feature films and have a thorough understanding of the working process.
www.ukscreen.com /dir/crew/Director   (646 words)

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