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The more you work with your actors and gain experience as a director, the more you’ll discover which directing strategies work very naturally for you and which are not a good fit for your style (improvisation is a good example here – some directors can develop scenes amazingly well this way, while for others it’s much more productive to stick closely to the original script). These tips are starting points, not set-in-stone principles that will work equally well for everyone. But they should at least start you off on the right foot for your first couple directing gigs until you figure out what works best for you – in the end, whatever strategies give you the best finished movie are the ones you should use. Good luck, and happy filming!
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Mark Kerins earned a Ph.D. in Radio/ TV/Film from Northwestern University for his project Rethinking Film for the Digital Sound Age; his work continues to focus on sound design, surround sound, and building dialogue between critical studies and production. He currently teaches film/video production and post-production in the Division of Cinema-Television at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.