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Researched by Miranda G .2001-02 |
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What Directors Do
Directors do a lot of different things. They create the storyboards
and scripts, and then they hire actors/actresses to be in their movie or
theater production. Directors want to do their best so they take up as
much time as they can. Directors also help the actors with their lines
by telling them to be more emotional, shier or more dramatic in the story
that they are working on. The director works just as hard as the actors
do.
Work Schedule
Directors’ work schedules are very complicated because they have to get the actors in costume and make-up, and the scenery set up, while making sure the performance is on time and ready to shoot. Directors have to plan what to shoot and when to shoot the next scene so they have enough time to get the film or shows done on schedule. Directors have a very tight schedule.
Types Of Directors
There are a lot of different types of directors. There are film (movie) directors, theater directors, and program directors that control the television or commercials. There are stage directors that are in charge of the lights and sceneries. There are also the types of directors that direct your band/chorus at school like our very own Ms. Giorgi and Mr. Schultz. There is also dance directors like Mary-Jill Roberts who teaches dance at Footlights.
Tools
Directors use cameras, storyboards, scripts, megaphones, film (if the director is making a movie), and clapboards.
Good Things About Directing
One very good thing about being a director is that they can
have good earnings if they are a film, theater, or other type of director. Another good thing about being a director you get to travel a lot. For example in the Mary-Kate and Ashley movie Passport to Paris they got to travel all the way to Paris, France, and in the movie Our Lips Are Sealed, also staring Mary-Kate and Ashley, they went to Sydney, Australia.
Bad Things about Directing
A bad thing about being a director is that many people would like to be one (because of the good money), so there is a lot of stiff competition for that career.
Schooling/Training
Directors don’t need to go to college, but to be a good director you need to spend a couple of years in a performing arts school.
Personal Skills Needed
The personal skills that are needed in directing are creativity; you have to use your imagination to make a good movie (show). You also need to work well with other people (no one likes a stubborn boss). Directors also need to be patient because sometimes the actors don’t get it right, but you have to let them come around at their own time, not yours (the director). You also need a sense of rhythm, color, animation, and artistic balance.
Earnings and Outlooks
Directors earn a lot of money now. Depending on what kind of director they are, like film directors get $5,000-$10,000 per movie and soap opera (like Passions or Days of our Life), directors get $1,000-$2,500 per episode. Dance directors or program directors get as little as $30-$45 a week.
History of Directors
Aeschylus was the first great performer of ancient Greece. He wrote, directed, staged, and acted in his very own plays, but during this great directors lifetime (525? – 456 BC), the usual routine was to divide each of these activities and sort them to other people. Little is known about the directors of ancient Greece and Rome because no account of their work has survived.
Related Jobs
Two jobs related to directing are producers and stage directors that do the lights and set up the scenery.
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