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What is Your Direction Style

Well, even though I have never made a film, I sure as hell know alot about it as well as see many films during this summer. We all have a certain writing style; however, we all have never found our own. Are you an Alfred Hitchcock (suspensful) director, Quintain Tarrentino (graphic/gritty) director or an Andrei Trakovsky (artsy) director? For me, I'd think of myself as a combination of Andrei, Hitchcock as well as Nolan where I have a slow, but meditative pace while having a nonlinear narrative as well as making my actors experince the part so they would have some suggestions for that character, making it more natural, psycological and interesting for the viewer. I would also develop as much as I can, without much explination (show don't tell is a rule I go by), and always have a developing balance so that overdeveloped characters do not pull down a very underdeveloped plot/vise versa. Whenever I make my own atmosphere, I would typically rely on some orchestra or 50's jazz *inspried by Sweet Smell of Succes* while in a relaxing and slow moment of the film. to add tension, I would typically add no music and focus on the actor's body expressions, of none just facial, so the audience would see, and possibly feel, this character's emotions without ever being told. If I were forced to add comic relief, I would be the hardest on that character in development and performance so that if the jokes are bad, the character's personality, characterization, and performance will make it all the better. The dialog will only focus on two things: story and intellectual development. Part of the dialog will aid the audience into understanding the setting, mood as well as the overal tone of the entire movie. The other part will reveal these characters in the perspective of someone who likes them or hates them. This will have a surprising affect on the development of these characters, making the audience say "that was unexpected". The emotional development of these characters will be shown through a visual narrative whether it be through dreams, body motions, revealing hobbies and etc. Philosophy would be the typical part of my films: What makes us human? How far can we take technology? Are we really doing a bad thing or our we doing something someone else doesn't want us to do just because they are supposivly above us? My overall genre of storytelling will typically be of psycological horror; showing the audience the intensitiy of a character in a really massive situation as well as film noir. Well, there you have it, my direction style now you try :D.

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Permalink Reply by Mike J. McAllister on May 25, 2011 at 3:33pm

Well, let's say I made it far enough for my IMDB to have a "trademarks" section. Here's some motifs I like to use, and would love to use on a bigger budget:

 

-- Quick dialogue.

 

-- Extreme close-ups on everyday tasks, or when an item is touched (light switch, button), or dropped/put on a table (gun, bowl, etc).

 

-- Disguised whip-pan cuts between scenes.

 

-- Overhead shots on items (see Wes Anderson films)

 

-- Inter-cutting between the current time and events of a story being told. (like someone in the present asking a question, and having it answered in the flashbacked anecdote).

 

-- If I had more money I'd frequently use a cover song or two in my soundtracks. Often covers sung by singers of the opposite gender of the songs original singer.    I also write in a lot of 70s, 80s and 90s music into my scripts. If its current, its usually a lesser-known British band. If its before the 70s, its often an ironic use of the music. Like in one of my scripts, I have an Al Jolson song being used in an intense scene.

 

-- Most of my shooting style is hand-held in tenser situations or arguments.

 

-- Characters comically bickering in intense situations. Black sense of humor.

 

-- I've used 360 shots a couple of times.

 

-- Most of my scripts have had sudden dark turns in tone, or sudden outbursts of (often off-screen) violence.

Permalink Reply by Chaos Jumper on May 26, 2011 at 1:02pm
So you would say your style would be closer to someone like Quintin Tarrentino because thats what it sounds like to me, in a way.
Permalink Reply by X. Just X. on May 26, 2011 at 1:47pm

this is a neat topic.

i am a director, but not for film, for theatre.  the two mediums are very different, but have some similarities.

my directing style is very open with actor interpretations, i like to challenge them to dig deep and really find the good stuff.  that would be my film directing style too, i think, lots of contrasts:  loud and soft, big gestures and small, full emotion and stoicism.  those are things i'd like to explore in a film medium.

i would also encourage everyone to be really comfortable and just get the takes in a non stressful way.  i might just keep the camera rolling as we're doing sides or going over the lines, something in that might be more real than after action is called.  although a waste of film is a waste of money, so i might not have the leeway to do that.

my biggest weakness would probably be anything that had CG markers in it.  i can't fathom how directors are able to get good performances out of actors when the effects aren't there yet.

Permalink Reply by Chaos Jumper on May 26, 2011 at 8:54pm

Sounds good for filmmaking that you focus on how deep you want your chararcters through a technique I think is called "psycological realism". It is most notably used in stuff like Fight Club and Taxi Driver where the writer, director and actor(s) give the character a brain as well as, what I call it, being able to have a round form and are affected by time (just means to develop them and give them a complex personality). As for CGI, it depends on the actor sometimes because they may be more experienced with an effect because they've been in heavy CGI films.

Permalink Reply by Chig Champa on May 26, 2011 at 1:49pm
Who the fuck is Quintain Tarrentino?
Permalink Reply by Chaos Jumper on May 26, 2011 at 5:32pm
quentin tarantino. Sorry, not so great with names .3.
Permalink Reply by Chaos Jumper on May 26, 2011 at 9:49pm
No slow mo? Someones a Zack Snyder hater :P. Dutch angles? Have you ever seen The Third Man because that film is mostly dutch angles. May I ask why the males would have long hair while women have short hair, it just sounds really picky for me. All and all, you have a better grasp of direction than I do ^^;, good job I guess. My I also ask why you want to have such a limited cast?
Permalink Reply by Chaos Jumper on May 27, 2011 at 4:15pm

Slow Mo - Hey, it all started with that flashy scene from The Matrix and is painfully used in Zack Snyder's "movies" so . . . Its good to see someone avoid that getting old really fast style of sequences.

Third Man - Of Course! Although not my favorite noir, it is in my Top 5

Hair - Ohhhh, expressionalistic directing. Don't know much about that; however, it worth looking up

Crew - Your own man of the crew? Sounds like a Charlie Chaplin thing :D.

Question - well, yes deep inside of me. I truly want to be a comic book artist and direction in comics is the same in the direction of film, I think; however, one day I truly desire to make the first animated epic film. I have scripts for other things like a noir that would be something like the Sweet Smell of Success, a retelling of the Avatar; the Last Airbender trilogy and an actual movie about the Transformers; however, directing it is something that is completly different from writing a script. Direction is something I would love to go into to understand the "in the making of filmmaking" and to actually make my mark in my favorite medium. I don't know if I would want to do this stuff forever, but I wouldn't mind if I did. I hope tthat answered your question :D.

Permalink Reply by CHOWCHOW on May 26, 2011 at 9:06pm

I have only directed one film which is available pretty much no where except my house.  And my budget was $0.  However if I were to be big enough I think these would be my main components.

 

- Quick dialogue, minimizing monologues and minimizing extended time on one person in a conversation

 

- Documentary style of shooting as if a camera crew were following characters in story, minimize quick cuts and spend time on one shot just changing angles

 

- Layered characters with a non-linear story line

 

- Small cast not to many characters focus more on the history of the character

 

- Crime would be a recurring theme in my films

 

- Violent, but I wouldn't use violence as a crutch

 

- I would often be an extra with little to no lines in the film

 

- I wish to direct my own screen plays, but not produce.

 

- Adressess issues that are prevalent in our society by having my characters be affected by it (Ex. Homosexuality, War on Terror, and uprising in different islamic countries) 

Permalink Reply by Chaos Jumper on May 26, 2011 at 9:40pm
So you would kind of have the direction from District 9?
Permalink Reply by CHOWCHOW on May 26, 2011 at 9:53pm
Yes I would my style would be similar to something along those lines, but I would try and reduce the amounts of special effects.
Permalink Reply by Chaos Jumper on May 26, 2011 at 10:08pm

Well, thats different. Usually people would love the special effects narrative. If your not going to give oos and ahhs, will you just give good storytelling with good documentary techniques to make it feel more like it could happen anytime?

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