Director

 **Directing-** Shaun Simmonds

** Description of the role-  ** 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. Directors are responsible for overseeing creative aspects of a film under the film producer. They often develop the vision for a film and carry the vision out, deciding how the film should look. They are responsible for turning the script into a sequence of shots.

**Role in Production & Other roles that must coordinate with directing-** The role of the director varies between the 4 different stages of film production.The Director has their input in all the different areas of film production. This means that they are in contact with all the departments at all times, the director themselves might not actuallyspeak to the other departments but the assistant director or their director’s assistant do. **Development-** The development stage is when the script writer, writes the script and then pitchs it to the film company if like they will then produce however during the “development” stage the director takes no part in any decisions made during this time. The reason for this is due to the fact that the director has not even been chosen yet and they won’t be chosen until the pre-production stage. **Pre-production**- During the “pre-production” stage the director is hired and they then start their role straight away. They are involved with most aspects of the film production but there main task during this time is to plan out in theirhead what they want to happen with the film. **Production-** The “production” stage is when the director does most of their work. At this time during the productionof the film they are mainly involved purely with the directing of the film, and work closely with the Assistant Director,Script Supervisor and the actors. But they also have their input in every other aspect of film making. These areas can range from the music and art departments to the Lighting, makeup and costume departments. **Post-production-** The director then takes a back seat again with the post production stage, they still add their options and decisionwhere they feel necessary. Once the film has been completed they then attend the publicity events for the film and then the production process is finished and they can then start on their next film.

**Training required to undertake the role- ** Film directors should have a good understanding and previous experience in both the creative and technical aspects of directing and completing a film. There are no formal education requirements or prerequisite to become a film director. The main way directors grow is from experience. Nowadays film programs are available at associate, bachelor's and master's degree levels. Apprenticeship programs are also available. These things are quiet valuable and it is highly recommended that you have at least some form of degree([|Course Listat Monash Uni]). As great as the degrees are, the best way to learn and gain knowledge of something is through experience and the best way to learn how to be a director is through work experience, internships and various other apprenticeships.

**OH&S Requirements-** The OH&S requirements change from film site to film site and this is due to the fact that each film site is different, one could be inside a studio and another site could be on a public street with cars driving by. This is what makes a film sites such an OH&S nightmare, if you follow all the rules and regulations everyone shall be kept as safe as possible and this shall minimise the risk for the workers. When it comes down to who is responsible for what it’s really a team effort, you see something dangerous report and or fix it. The directors responsibility when it comes to OH&S is quiet easy, yes they have to follow by all the rules but they don’t normal have to set up lighting or any of theother equipment like some of the other departments. All this is covered by [|Work Safe Australia]who deal with all OH&S requiements in austrailia.

There are many different directors famous for many different reasons. Each of their directing styles are different and the styles of genre that they shoot are different also. These are a few directors that have had huge blockbusters. - Alfred Hitchcock - Woody Allen - Peter Jackson - Mel Brooks - Tim Burton - Steven Spielberg - James Cameron - George Lucas - Quentin Tarantino
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**Notable Examples- ** Yes there are many different famous directors out there making films but this doesn’t mean that everyone knows them. There are a few notable directors that most people would know either for one or many of their famous films. Three notable directors are: **Steven Spielberg-**[| Steven Spielberg]was born on December 18, 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. and is famous for many of his films, they range from action thrillers to science-fiction films. His directing career started way before most people would think. At the age of 12 he joined the Boy Scouts, to earn his photography merit badge he made a 9 minute film titled “The Last Gunfight.” This entitled him his badge but this was not the end of his short films. At the age of 13 he won a film festival in his home town with a 40 minute film titled “Escape to nowhere.” After that he made his first independent science-fiction film at the age of 16. This was his last film for a while as he attended school until 1958, when he dropped out of school. He then applied to go to a university in California and was accepted at California State University, Long Beach. He attended university during the 60’s he then graduated from there and then went back as an un-paid intern. This is when his really career started. He started off with TV and small low budget films, until his mainstream breakthrough with Jaws he went onto creating other large blockbusters like Close Encounters, 1941, E.T, Jurassic Park, Star Trek: Next Generation and many other films. The themes of all of his films vary from film to film but his main genres that he produces are Science-fiction, Horrors and Comedies .He is still directing films to this day and has won over 50 different awards like, Best Director, Best Picture, Best Film from different film associations. **Tim Burton-** [|Tim Burton]is also another famous director, He was born on August 25, 1958 in Burbank, California, U.S. He is famous for his weird and wacky films like Alice in Wonderland and Beetle juice and Edward Scissorhands. Tim’s directing career started early at the age of 13 he was making films in his backyard and then processed on from there as he went through high school. After graduating he then went on to study at California Institute of the Arts. He graduated from there a few years later. He has made many blockbuster films with Walt Disney Animation Studios, but then left there and went to onto to create many other films like Batman, The Nightmare before Christmas and many others. Tim is famous for the genres of films that he creates they range from Horror to Science Fiction. From the many films that he has made he has won a few awards like best director. **James Cameron-** [|James Cameron]is yet another famous director, he was born on August 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. His education started in Canada and then continued when he moved to America but he then dropped out shortly after. The way he learnt how to make films was by teaching himself through books and resources from his local library. Still James isn’t a one pot wonder he is talented in many different fields such as film director, film producer, screenwriter, editor, and inventor/scientist. From these talents he has created many great films and has written and director two of the highest grossing films in time. Those two films are Titanic and Avatar both taking more than 1.5 billion dollars. In between creating these two films he made many under-water documentaries and help create a 3D Fusion Camera System. The other blockbuster films that he has director are The Terminator, Aliens and Spider man. From that you can tell that his main genre of films that he makes are, science-fiction and from these films he has won many awards such as Best Director and Best Film


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