Tutorial 5

This video has some great tips on cutting video transitions for film scenes!

Tutorial 4

This video gives you tips on shooting a fight scene!

Tutorial 3

This video is about perfecting camera angles and their techniques !

Tutorial 2

This video mentions a lot of the mistakes that amateur film director make and how to avoid them!

                   

Tutorial 1

The first video is all about making the video you shot look like a real film!

Video tutorials !

Im going to post some video that are very helpful in the film direction process!

Prezi!

This a Prezi  i did a while ago as a part of my COM280 class !

Film direction on Prezi

A director's blog!

Hey everyone ! i found an interesting blog of a director , in which he answers really interesting questions . 
You must read it
Here is the link: http://artofmanliness.com/2009/05/20/so-you-want-my-job-film-director/

The basics of film direction!

I found an intresting article about the basics of film direction ! It has quite intresting information !

Here is the link: http://www.filmplus.org/direct.html

A look at very accomplished film directors!

                                                                    

     Steven spielberg

Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American film director .  In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres.Spielberg won the Academy Award for Best Director for Schindler's List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998). Three of Spielberg's films—Jaws (1975), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and Jurassic Park (1993)—achieved box office records, each becoming the highest-grossing film made at the time. To date, the unadjusted gross of all Spielberg-directed films exceeds $8.5 billion worldwide. Forbes puts Spielberg's wealth at $3.0 billion. 

Martin scorsese

                                 

Martin Charles Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an American film director. He is a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema, and has won Academy Award, Palme d'Or, Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and DGA Awards.

Scorsese's body of work addresses such themes as Italian American identity, Roman Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption, machismo, modern crime, and violence. Scorsese is hailed as one of the most significant and influential filmmakers of all time, directing films such as Mean Streets (1973), Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), and Goodfellas (1990)  He won the Academy Award for Best Director for The Departed (2006).

Christopher Nolan

Christopher Jonathan James Nolan (born 30 July 1970) is an English^] film director. He received serious notice after his second feature Memento (2000), which he wrote and directed based on a story idea by his brother, Jonathan Nolan. Jonathan went to co-write later scripts with him, including the Batman series and The Prestige. . After directing Insomnia (2002), Nolan pitched an idea for a reboot of the Batman film franchise to Warner Bros., eventually making a successful trilogy consisting of Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). Inception (2010) was an original screenplay by Nolan, a heist film set in the world of "shared dreaming." Nolan co-founded Syncopy Films with his wife, Emma Thomas, and they have produced all his films since The Prestige (2006).

Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Jerome Tarantino( born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with films employing nonlinear storylines and the aestheticization of violence. His films include Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill (2003, 2004), Death Proof (2007), and Inglourious Basterds (2009). He has earned an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA and the Palme d'Or, as well as Emmy and Grammy nominations. His movies are generally characterized by stylistic influences from grindhouse, kung fu, and spaghetti western films

Tips on how to become a film director !

I found these amazing videos on youtube  , it has some really useful tips on how to become a film director !

What are the responsibilities of a film director?

A film director has a lot of responsibilities around the set, here some important responsibilities that are required for every film director:




- Interpreting the script and making it into a film. This can involve planning locations, shots, pacing, acting styles and anything else which affects the feel of the movie. 


- Overseeing the cinematography and technical aspects.


-Coaching actors and directing them towards the required performances.


-Coordinating staff on set, directing the shooting timetable and ensuring that deadlines are met.

To read more :http://www.mediacollege.com/employment/film/director.html

What does a film director actually do?

To many of us a film director is the person who bosses people around from his chair
 with his big speakers ! Well , that is not entirely true!
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking.They control a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors.

A director guiding the actors between scenes

A director behind the camera 

A director and his crew filming a scene

Hello everyone !

I wanted to start a blog about film direction as a project for my #COM280 class! The blog will cover many topic that related to film direction! I will try to make my posts diverse not only text!
Some of the topics that i will include are:


1- what does a film director actually do?


2- what are the responsibilities of a film director?


3- tips on how to become a movie director?


4- film directors and their different techniques.


5- Greatest film directors and their works.