Reddit reviews Directing, Fifth Edition: Film Techniques and Aesthetics

Just found this on Amazon;
https://www.amazon.com/Directing-Techniques-Aesthetics-Michael-Rabiger/dp/0240818458/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1465635123&sr=8-1&keywords=movie+directing

Haven't read it but has good reviews.

This isn't the whole of it but the big thing with Directing is you need to know everything. With a scene you need to know every little detail about how it is getting filmed. You also need to know what you want from that scene and stick with it. Have exactly what you want shot and how planned before you walk in the door. The last thing I would say is if something goes wrong or gets screwed up then it is on the Director to get it fixed as fast as possible so be quick on your feet and resourceful and know how to handle problems fast without alot of debate. Hope this helps:) And just to clarify this is just my opinion other directors work differently.

Here is a good book that I have found helpful for this. http://www.amazon.com/Directing-Techniques-Aesthetics-Michael-Rabiger/dp/0240818458/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1405961154&sr=8-7&keywords=directing+book

This book covers tons about filmmaking, but not just a how to. It explains your role as a director interacting with your actors. With lots of tips.

But some things to keep in mind:

• Be in charge of the production. But make them trust you, let them know that you know what you're doing.
  
  
• Be there for the actors. Don't get to involved in your crew and make the actors feel like they can't approach you. Your first duty should be to your actors and their performances.
  
  
• Give them some freedom with their characters. Don't throw the script at them every time they try something. Talk to them about their ideas, share yours. Communicate. Your actors will love you, and the characters will improve.
  
  I would really recommend that book though. It has helped me on many levels, but the dealing with actors sections was so beneficial.

I found this book very helpful:

https://www.amazon.com/Directing-Techniques-Aesthetics-Michael-Rabiger/dp/0240818458/

awesome, that works. thanks for all the resources.

i also recommend http://www.amazon.com/Directing-Techniques-Aesthetics-Michael-Rabiger/dp/0240818458

if you don't have the $ at the moment, there are other, less legal, ways to obtain the book

French reverses are often dictated by the schedule, or the geography of a pracitcal location.

To save the time expense of a regular reverse (for instance during a conversation), in a french reverse involves shooting the actors on the same background, being sure to give them the opposite eyeline direction, so when the shots are edited together the actors appear to be across from each other, looking at each other.

It can also be done in a practical location when there's only an interesting background in one direction. For instance, on a TV series last year, we shot a french reverse in a scene shot at night on the roof of a parkade in a canyon of highrises. One direction gave an appealing background of glass towers lit up at night. In the other direction, we had the parkade's concrete walls. So, having shot a master favouring the highrise background, we shot coverage looking the same direction to give the appearance that the parkade was surrounded by glass towers.

Film Directing Shot by Shot (http://www.amazon.ca/Film-Directing-Shot-Visualizing-Concept/dp/0941188108/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1376630391&sr=1-1&keywords=film+directing+shot+by+shot) and Directing by Michael Rabinger (http://www.amazon.ca/Directing-Techniques-Aesthetics-Michael-Rabiger/dp/0240818458/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1376630444&sr=1-1) both have, as I recall, info on the french reverse.

Directing: Film Techniques and Aesthetics by Michael Rabiger and Mick Hurbis-Cherrier.

Such a great book. It contains everything from technical side filmmaking to the art of filmmaking.