Directions

Directions is the second unit for this year. A director is a visual story teller. Every successful director has a distinct style of directing that personalises their work and shows their individuality. For this unit we are expected to explore our role as a director and create two short films. The first short film will be a self portrait. The film should be no longer than 2 minutes and should demonstrate who we are through our own personal directing style. It should represent who we are as people, what we think about and show the world through our own eyes. For the second video we have been given the task to look at a drama series, examine it and choose a scene or sequence of scenes and recreate them putting our own creative spin on the series. However, we are required to keep the general tone of the series the same so it is still recognisable to the audience. We can choose any drama series, excluding sitcoms or soaps. We then have to develop a 5-6 page script, retelling the scenes in our own way. This should be very helpful when directing the scenes and evolving a new scene that differs from the style of the original scene/s.
For both videos, the point is to explore our directorial vision, therefore, we must use crew members including a camera operator and a sound operator, as well as incorporate actors from outside of the class to give the videos a much more professional and dramatic feel and atmosphere. I think that I will enjoy this unit as I am looking forward to exploring my own directorial vision and working with a larger crew than last time. However, this is also quite daunting as the role of a director is very authoritative which I think will be quite challenging.