What's The Job Of A Movie Director - James Cullen Bressack

[@marsilv4319]

So sorry that his dad passed away. You can see that writing is what really connected them. Now it’s just not the same without him.

[@sky.the.infinite]

This was great! Very practical and insightful. More of this content would be helpful!

[@filmcourage]

What do you think? Please post a comment below.

[@changecollar]

I think its garbage

[@ram2862]

There are many ways the film production can be organised from start to end. What is required is that all risks are to be perceived in advance and appropriate measures are put in place One single format showing 1. Time of shooting 2. Properties required 3. Characters to be present 4. Objective of the screen 5. Location of the screen 6. Permissions to be obtained 7. Each shot with in a screen showing the sequence with narration 8. The corresponding dialogues for each short sequence with short number and shot time ( important for easy, error free editing) 9. Short sequence without dialogues but only action with short number,shot time 10. Complete shot sequence for each screen 11. Music ,foly sound also to be noted in advance. 11. Continue or cut over 12. Camera man to follow this format for angles and types of shot as per director instruction 13. Slight deviations for formatted scenes and shots can be allowed All the above needs to be in one master control sheet for each scene Thus shots sit with scenes Whole film scenes and shots need to be written in single format

[@lacolem1]

Can you do one on what the various producers’ jobs are, in both movies and television? Like what’s the difference between executive producers, assistant producers, associate producers, etc. It seems like the term producer is a catch all.

[@filmcourage]

Executive producers are usually thought of as the money people. Either they put up some (or all) of their money or they helped find the money. Now can anyone help explain the roles of and differences between any of these... Co-Executive Producer Producer Assistant Producer Co-Producer Supervising Producer Associate Producer Creative Producer

[@nickybjammin7629]

@@filmcourage I remember the episode that talked about co-producer and…aaa! LOL I gotta go find it again! There sure are a lot of shot callers in film but it’s bigger and the material is created by so many people in the long run (finished product) it looks like there’s not as many sore feelings vs The music bizz LOL real sore. This looks more smoother i could be wrong but every type of deal structure I’ve heard about here even material changing hands and rewrites etc Just seems like a comfortable environment to work/do business. I’m sure there probably has been some sore feelings over scripts and storylines, making movies and TV shows. (The nature of the business as far as the material and what to do with it doesn’t seem as personal you only have so much control anyway you pretty much have to rely on so many other people and them with you as well that everybody “has” to be on the same page?) this’s a really good one!

[@sierrasky2491]

@@filmcourage don't forget: "Film by..." "A --- film" "---- production" .....

[@MrMisanthrope84]

Executive producers are usually people who found money for the project.

[@alterdres]

Co producer can be actor get more paid and/or suport did more on the movie but not enough credit. Daniel Craig on NTTD for example, possible also delayd honor for some writing on QOS.

[@thekeikoprojectdocumentary]

Awesome Interview, can you please do more interviews with Documentary Directors, Editors and Producers?

[@filmcourage]

Thank you! Here are some of our videos with Documentary Filmmakers - bit.ly/3ZBLHVr Here are some of our videos with Producers - bit.ly/3wnWtkV Here are some of our videos with Editors - bit.ly/3iFwhih

[@thekeikoprojectdocumentary]

@@filmcourage Nice, I've seen those, but could you do new interviews with documentary filmmakers, documentary producers and documentary editors?

[@misseclipse7415]

I am autistic so it's been soooo difficult to figure out even how to function (and realize I was so different) and interface with people by age 30. I'm just now finding my place. I hope someday my place is on set with James -- I've had that goal since his first interivew on this channel. :) Perhaps someday, I'll reach out.

[@michaeljmccurdy9449]

You might want to consider getting in a high-fat carnivore diet like New Zealand scientist Bart Kay. He's high-functioning autistic and performs his best mentally on that way of eating which, is how so many of our hunter-gatherer ancestors ate for millenia. I'm mostly there with some sugary foods once a day; at the end of the day but I am working on getting back to zero-carb carnivore. Autistic or not, everyone who eats this way reports having greater mental clarity. I've experienced it myself but carbs are hard to kick! I wish you luck on your journey.

[@michaeljmccurdy9449]

@@misseclipse7415 it IS largely related to diet, you just don't know it yet. It DID work very well for Peterson. Not sure what you're talking about there. It works for me and anyone else who does it. You can lead a horse to water... sounds like you've made up your mind without educating yourself. You're missing out...

[@michaeljmccurdy9449]

@@misseclipse7415 I'm just being helpful but sadly, many people don't want to be helped.

[@michaeljmccurdy9449]

@@misseclipse7415 I'm a real person genuinely trying to help people but sadly, they truly don't want to be helped. I will never stop trying to educate people about the benefits of the carnivore diet. People are suffering unnecessarily. In fact, I plan an making a reality show about it. Too many people are brainwashed into thinking that plants are actually food. It's ridiculous.

[@michaeljmccurdy9449]

@@misseclipse7415 I've never tried chatGPT yet but it sounds pretty cool. Could be a crutch for the non-creative... But your script parameters are completely false. Also, you've betrayed your lack of maturity with your juvenile replies when I was actually trying to be helpful. Good luck with everything.

[@beachbumpower7018]

Incredible insight.

[@georgeorwell4931]

Nice information! Maybe go into details , his start till the end, in the directing process. Always incredible info for us future film makers/ viewers!

[@filmcourage]

Here's a video of James directing - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmHQlYmIaa53rac and here are his thoughts on working with actors - kzbin.info/www/bejne/haXLkn-Jh8p7pdU

[@nickybjammin7629]

His Father sounds Amazing.

[@johnstrawb3521]

Writers can emulate this after their scripts are completed (or even well along). Go through your script as a director might, and see if that particular way of seeing a script illuminates any problems in your work. ---Besides, it's a lot of fun.

[@corpsefoot758]

He had an interesting point about table-reads and how they’re useful in helping identify awkward dialogue which needs to be changed … but isn’t that exactly what simple rehearsal can achieve as well? In other words, in what way are table-reads with the entire cast able to solve sticky dialogue where two-man rehearsals between a pair of characters wouldn’t be enough? Isn’t the latter fully sufficient …?

[@jonathanr6379]

To: @corpsefoot758 Is anything ever "fully sufficient" on a movie or TV show production? Have you heard of THE FIVE P's? "Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance." The more time, tools, and resources you have at your disposal, and the more conversations and rehearsing you can do (including table reads), the better off you are, prettymuch in any situation in life, but especially when working on a feature film (or TV show) that has lots of people involved, lots of moving parts, and people's livelihoods at stake. So of course a simple rehearsal is nice, but including a table read if possible, is even better. James made it very clear that he wants as much planning and as much conversation time with every department as is humanly possible, long before even one frame is shot. And let's be real: most films have scenes with more than 2 characters. Plus, a table read can inform EVERYONE involved in the table read as to how actors are planning on playing their characters and such, which can be extremely helpful to.... well, everyone, and there are just so many advantages to a table read, but oftentimes it's a luxury, given the fact that so many peoples' schedules can be at play. Additionally, a table-read is typically running through the whole script, versus rehearsals which are scene-specific. Let's not forget, that for many productions, a table-read is the only time the scenes are being run through chronologically, so there's that. The table read is "the big picture" and more general, providing an overall view of the entire project (whether it's the entire feature, or an entire TV show episode), while rehearsals are more like zooming in on the details. If you've never been a part of a table read before, i strongly encourage you to do one. It gives all those involved a certain enlightenment that is unmatched with any other method. And a sidenote: As a writer, to hear actors do a table read of your script is unlike anything else, it's very VERY informative. All the best, and happy filmmaking!

[@corpsefoot758]

@@jonathanr6379 I never talked down preparation, I’m just not hearing any reasons as to why table-reads are functionally superior for crafting the best performance versus just rehearsals. To use filmed examples, I don’t see why Legolas’s actor would benefit from sitting around to hear Shire dialogue in Lord of the Rings, or Darth Vader’s actor would get anything out of table-reading with Luke’s aunt & uncle and so on 🤷‍♂️ You say “everyone learns how an actor is playing character X” via the read, but 1) my earlier point of irrelevance for actors who never speak directly with each other still stands, 2) rehearsals offer plenty of insight into how characters will be especially for actors playing across them, and 3) characters can easily act differently around different actors, so it makes the entire exercise moot in some cases: an abusive husband can be loving to his kids, a violent criminal can have a soft-spot for some relative etc. And finally, I can cite great examples of the complete opposite approach doing just fine: Naomi Harris’s Oscar-caliber turn in Moonlight didn’t have a table-read or even full rehearsals, and Elizabeth Taylor is said to have never read a single script she was involved in from front to back; only her scenes. Hell, there was even a whole media tiff about Joaquin Phoenix upsetting De Niro on the set of Joker by not sitting down to a table-read, and I don’t think a single person out there would argue Joaquin or the film suffered for it In other words: I’m not against table-reads per se, and I don’t see any reason not to try them out if you have the time & money. But to arbitrarily act like they add more to a project than scene rehearsals doesn’t hold water from where I’m scrutinizing it, and I’m very open to hearing the pros & cons of both Edit: I forgot to mention virtues of the polar-opposite approach, wherein actors/directors purposefully limit their exposure to certain people or elements in order to keep their on-screen reactions fresh. This includes not just hiding the final appearance of monsters on the set of The Descent/IT/Alien, but even just minimizing the number of rehearsals or takes to preserve the urgency of raw emotion, an approach used by both James Gandolfini and John Malkovich among others So yeah, I don’t believe it’s as cut-and-dry an issue, especially to the point of randomly calling table-reads superior

[@prayalways]

He nice 💯📸📸✔✔.interview 💯.

[@nickybjammin7629]

❤!

[@nickybjammin7629]

I understand what he’s saying though LOL ….if it works, it works. The actors creating their characters you could really explore creat someone totally new and I guessed you’d say the finished product is basically a Team Formula. I’ve gotten better (not an actor) at creating chemistry with others. It’s still hit and miss sometimes, but not everybody’s mind is turned in or maybe they don’t have the ability to tune in on the task at hand and to me that should be the foundation for good chemistry or what I mean is everybody is on the same page for whatever the job or task or movie or whatever it may be. My luck they’d assign me to a ragtag bunch of misfits for cast members that can’t get along with each other 🙌🏼 can I get an Amen! O man! That’s a killer movie idea right there! (Sprinkle a little bit of slapstick comedy in it) one man (director) sets out to film the most epic movie ever maybe the movie is about a script, it’s about everything that happens but especially towards the end we’re (audience) all reminded of what started the story…what it was all about trying to make this one thing happen despite the odds somewhat comical calamity, a splash of romance in there, somewhere with some of the characters that maybe didn’t get along with each other throughout the journey maybe some extra happy endings along with the actual goal of the main character/protagonist (director) instead of it being a summer camp like meatballs or a dodgeball team like the movie dodgeball or what was the movie with Goldie Hawn when she had to be the football coach!, the original bad news bears like the second one (Jackie Earle Haley) Kelly leak has to keep the bears out of trouble and find a coach etc to make his team champs/play the tournament.

[@rubeng370]

I'm an aspiring filmmaker. My dream job/goal is to ever direct a good movie that ends up being successful and loved/praised. Even if it's an indie movie. After seeing my new favorite movie, Everything Everywhere All at Once. I'm not nervous I'll never get to work on a great movie anymore 🤣

[@seizethedaystudios2058]

I am doing a series on different Producer roles on my channel aswell. I am a producer in Australia

[@posibility7239]

4 minutes of personal stuff before even getting to the topic of the video title and talking about "connecting" with the story while meandering. just give it a different packaging or be relevant ffs.

[@corpsefoot758]

Hey genius: they’re interviewing human beings with real pasts, emotions and dreams. So show some respect for all of this free content you’re benefiting from If you don’t like it, feel free to create your own better content Not to mention he was definitely talking about concrete steps to take as a director before Minute 4. “Pearls before swine” indeed🙄