Nicholas Jenkins Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 (edited) Ok, this might belong in Off Topic, but I found it to be related to Directing. Today members of the undergraduate classes in my program were roaming the halls shooting video for the program's website (which is under construction). That's cool. But I'm walking out of my screenwriting class, letting a student know about deadlines and project requirements, and the chair of my department runs up to me. CHAIR I need you to be on camera. ME Kay... for? CHAIR Just come over here. ME OK I walk over to a setup of two cameras. One camera is set up like it's shooting a scene, complete with an actress standing in the middle of the computer lab. Behind that camera is the other one... filming the whole thing. CHAIR Go in there and pretend to direct her. ME Pretend? Direct her to what? CHAIR It's her big moment. ME Kay... what moment? The hell I'm I doing here? CHAIR Just do whatever. So I put on my best director face and talked to my lovely and patient actress. I spewed a bunch of stuff about "This scene isn't about discovery, rather a revelation." and "Relax and just talk to me." I also made allot of really important looking hand gestures. Tapped the ends of my fingers together like an evil genius... Did that for about two minutes then... CHAIR CUT! Great, thanks. ME Kay... So I had to pretend to direct someone for a scene I had no clue about... FUN! Just thought I'd share... I found it amusing. :huh: Edited April 5, 2007 by Nicholas Jenkins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Yernazian Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 what the hell? hahahahahaha that's great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan_bennett Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 hahah "what's my motivation?" "who cares just direct her it'll be alright". That's pretty cool though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Dingley1 Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 seems like a director that cant direct you is asking you to direct someone else based on there direction.... that can get you in alot of trouble just ask bret ratner in xmen 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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