INTRODUCTION
WHAT A DIRECTOR NEEDS TO KNOW
PREFACE
CHAPTER ONE: WHAT IS DIRECTING AND THE "PROSE" OF PREPARATION
CHAPTER TWO: STORYLINE FACTS -
THE BRIDGE TO THE THREE QUESTIONS TO CHOICE
CHAPTER THREE: THE THREE QUESTIONS TO CHOICE - Walking in the Actor’s Shoes
CHAPTER FOUR: THE 5 TOOLS - Bringing the Ensemble Together – Part One
CHAPTER FIVE: THE 5 TOOLS - Bringing the Ensemble Together – Part Two
CHAPTER SIX: MOMENTS AND BEATS
CHAPTER SEVEN - MARKING YOUR SCRIPT
CHAPTER EIGHT: THE IMPROV MONOLOGUE - Exploring collaboration through personal experience
CHAPTER NINE: THE SCRIPTED MONOLOGUE - Prelude to directing a two-person scene
CHAPTER TEN: PRESENTING AND RESPONDING TO THE MONOLOGUES
CHAPTER ELEVEN: SCENE WORK – CONDUCTING THE FULL REHEARSAL
CHAPTER TWELVE: PREVISUALIZATION
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: DIGITAL CAPTURE: PUTTING IT INSIDE THE FRAME
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: RESPONDING TO SCENE WORK
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: BUILDING YOUR SIXTH SENSE –BREAKING OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE
CHAPTER SIXTEEN – THE POWER OF IMPROVISATION
EPILOGUE
ADDENDUM
Regge Life is a producer, director and writer for film and television. He is currently the Senior Distinguished Director in Residence at Emerson College in Boston, MA, and has enjoyed a continuing career in film, theater, and television. His most recent work is a film adaptation of the Akutagawa Prize-winning novel Cocktail Party by Tatsuhiro Ōshiro. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America, Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, four-time CINE Award winner, Sony Innovator, Fulbright Journalist Fellow, Emmy Nominee, and member of the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame.
"Regge Life shares his approach to directing, honed by first-hand
experience in the American film industry and informed by a valuable
international perspective. This is a text that should find a place
on the bookshelf of any prospective film and television director."
Tom Kingdon. Author of Total Directing. "Finally a book that
examines the most important relationship in film making, the
director and actor."
John Chase Soliday, Associate Professor, Director of
Undergraduate/Graduate Studies, Cinema Arts Department, University
of Miami Florida School of Communication.
"Regge Life has written an easy-to-understand deep dive into the
preparation essential for directors of theatre, film and television
to create their best storytelling. He provides step-by-step how-to
tools, practice examples, personal stories, technical
recommendations, and helpful daily practices that define the
director’s homework. His incisive point-of-view, forged through
decades of global experience and classroom teaching, demystifies
the art of directing. A blueprint for gaining command of and
confidence in one’s directing work, this is must reading for the
novice, early career practitioner, and seasoned veteran."
Benny Sato Ambush, Professional SDC Director, Educator
"Throughout his text, Regge Life goes beyond the mere technical and
mechanical concerns of directing for the camera to focus on the
social and emotional aspects of human interaction — the crucial
connection at the heart of successful storytelling. Readers of
Becoming an Actor's Director will find themselves in the hands of a
master teacher."Jabari Asim, Associate Professor and MFA Program
Director, Creative Writing Deparment of Writing, Literature and
Publishing, Emerson College
"Regge Life shares his approach to directing, honed by first-hand
experience in the American film industry and informed by a valuable
international perspective. This is a text that should find a place
on the bookshelf of any prospective film and television director."
Tom Kingdon. Author of Total Directing "Finally a book that
examines the most important relationship in film making, the
director and actor."
John Chase Soliday, Associate Professor, Director of
Undergraduate/Graduate Studies, Cinema Arts Department, University
of Miami School of Communication, Florida
"Regge Life has written an easy-to-understand deep dive into the
preparation essential for directors of theatre, film, and
television to create their best storytelling. He provides
step-by-step how-to tools, practice examples, personal stories,
technical recommendations, and helpful daily practices that define
the director’s homework. His incisive point-of-view, forged through
decades of global experience and classroom teaching, demystifies
the art of directing. A blueprint for gaining command of and
confidence in one’s directing work, this is must reading for the
novice, early career practitioner, and seasoned veteran."
Benny Sato Ambush, Professional SDC Director, Educator, Published
Commentator
"Throughout his text, Regge Life goes beyond the mere technical and
mechanical concerns of directing for the camera to focus on the
social and emotional aspects of human interaction — the crucial
connection at the heart of successful storytelling. Readers of
Becoming an Actor's Director will find themselves in the hands of a
master teacher."Jabari Asim, Associate Professor and MFA Program
Director, Creative Writing Deparment of Writing, Literature and
Publishing, Emerson College
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