Media Hero
09-05-2006, 11:41 AM
I just picked up a copy of 'I'll Be In My Trailer. The Creative Wars Between Directors & Actors' by John Badham and Craig Modderno. (2006. Michael Wise Productions)
What do you do when actors won't do what yout ell them to? Remembering his own awkwardness and terror as a beginning direcgtor working with actors who always had their own ideas, director John Badham (Saturday Night Fever, WarGames, Takeout, The Sheild) has a bookload of knowledge to pass along in this inspired and insighful must-read for film fans as well as actors and directors as all levels of their craft...
What I really like are the comments he's collected from other directors and actors who talk about directing and share their own experiences. I haven't finished the book yet - but here's a tip I just read that I think is pretty smart: Badham suggests offering direction in the form of a question, as in" What would happen if you walked into the room and did....?" Rather than ordering the actor to do something , this allows the actor to become part of the development process. Anyway, this book is very entertaining and educational. Recommended... so far so good.
What do you do when actors won't do what yout ell them to? Remembering his own awkwardness and terror as a beginning direcgtor working with actors who always had their own ideas, director John Badham (Saturday Night Fever, WarGames, Takeout, The Sheild) has a bookload of knowledge to pass along in this inspired and insighful must-read for film fans as well as actors and directors as all levels of their craft...
What I really like are the comments he's collected from other directors and actors who talk about directing and share their own experiences. I haven't finished the book yet - but here's a tip I just read that I think is pretty smart: Badham suggests offering direction in the form of a question, as in" What would happen if you walked into the room and did....?" Rather than ordering the actor to do something , this allows the actor to become part of the development process. Anyway, this book is very entertaining and educational. Recommended... so far so good.
