Judith Weston, author of Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film and Television, 25th Anniversary edition

Judith Weston has coached and taught directing classes to several
now renowned directors, such as David Chase, Ava DuVernay and Taika
Waititi. She has updated her book, Directing Actors for its 25th
anniversary edition, revising nearly every chapter and adding two
new ones. Judith teaches that a director must have a vision. It's
the director's job to be the shepherd of the story and have it mean
something. The director must also go deeper to figure out what
matters to the story, and listen, communicate and collaborate with
the actor on the ideas they are trying to convey. A key chapter in
Directing Actors discusses how a director must find the “emotional
event” or the key dynamics in each scene. This is something both
the cinematographer and the editor must understand as well to make
a good movie great. Finding the essential emotional event in a
scene is what changes someone from simply wanting to be a director
into actually thinking like a director. Find Judith Weston:
https://judithweston.com/ Directing Actors: Creating Memorable
Performances for Film and Television, 25th Anniversary Edition is
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