Filmmaking: The Director

The director is responsible for translating a script into visuals that will be turned over to an editor to pull together into a film. However, as the director joins the project in the writing or pre-production phase and does not leave the project until post-production. The director may well be involved in all aspects of the editing phase, such as sound design, music composition, recording, and mixing into the overall sound, until the film is completed. In other words, the director is responsible for the creative supervision of the film from early in its conception to its completion. The director will work most closely with the producer, who is responsible for the organizational and financial supervision of the film from its conception to its conclusion.

The director may either play a secondary role to the scriptwriter or partner with the writer in the pre-production phase. The exact nature of the role depends on the director’s track record, influence, and interest. There is no such variability in the production phase, when the director is clearly responsible. Interpretation of the screenplay, blocking, breakdown of the script into specific shots, and modulation of the performances of actors are some of the specific responsibilities of the director in the production phase. In the post production phase, the director’s interest or influence will either expand or reduce the director’s involvement. Generally, directors are quite involved in this phase even though editors (picture and sound) are driving many decisions.

However, is that writers, directors, and editors share one goal to tell the story as effectively as possible but their contributions differ. Writers use words. Directors use camera shots and performances, and editors use visuals and sound to tell the story for the audience.

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