What does a film director do?

A film director is an artist who puts a literary script on the screen and makes it into a movie. He is the organizer and leader of film art creation, and the general manager of putting film literary scripts on the screen. He is responsible for mobilizing and mastering the creativity and enthusiasm of film, a comprehensive art department, in order to complete film creation harmoniously.

The film director is responsible for organizing and directing the shooting stage. As a synthesizer of various artistic elements in film creation, the director organizes and unites all the creative staff and technicians of the film crew, gives full play to their talents and integrates the creative work of the film crew.

The director should first re-create the script, based on the film literature script, combine his own life feelings and artistic concepts, use montage thinking to carry out artistic conception, and write a storyboard and The Director's Discussion, including grasping the theme, character description, scene scheduling, determining the space-time structure, sound and painting modeling and artistic style of the future film. Through the conception, writing or modification of the script, it will be the general design of the future film.

The director should also organize the team of the film crew, then find and determine the actors, and determine the creative departments and artistic styles of photography, actors, artists, recording and composition according to the overall concept. The director should also organize the team of the film crew, and then identify and determine the actors. According to the overall concept, he should put forward requirements for the creative departments such as photography, actors, artists, recording, composition, etc., organize the creative staff to study relevant materials, analyze the script, centralize and unify the creative intention, and determine the overall creative plan of the film. Through rehearsal, determine the actor's creation of the role; Examine and approve the creative planning of various departments, concentrate on and rely on the artist's wisdom to direct shooting, so as to achieve the expected artistic effect. During and after the shooting, guide and rely on the editing department to complete the lens assembly and sound and picture synthesis. The director will also lead the on-site shooting and post-production work according to the shooting plan arranged by the production department until the filming is completed. The quality of a film depends largely on the quality and accomplishment of the director; The style of a film often reflects the artistic style of the director.

Film is a comprehensive art. Only through the director's concentration and re-creation, can all kinds of arts become the basic elements to create the screen image, and then fully mobilize the creativity of all creative departments and use all kinds of artistic elements to shoot a complete film.