From the course: Creating a Short Film: 05 Directing

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Interpreting the script

Interpreting the script

From the course: Creating a Short Film: 05 Directing

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Interpreting the script

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- Actor-directors are attached to a project. They often want to revise the script based on their vision of the project. This could be handled in a variety of ways, but it's usually best to try to keep the writer on board the project and have the writer make the changes that the director wants. The writers have been pondering this world the most and are the most intimately familiar with it. It's also likely the writers have thought of and dismissed ideas that the director might have. So it's great to keep that conversation open and have the writer make those changes wherever possible. But if the writer disagrees with the direction the director wants to take the film, eventually a new writer will have to be brought on or the director will have to rewrite the script themselves. The director has to be given the freedom to tell the story that they see. If they have to worry about maintaining the writer's vision and their vision, the film will be a mess. So then, how do you interpret the…

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