Directing 101: Tips No One Tells You

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0:00 Opener
0:41 Tip 1 Vision
2:00 Tip 2 Silence
3:02 Tip 3 What is Necessary?
4:45 Tip 4 What Are You Influenced By?
6:43 Closer

[sebtek]

3:50 French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ("Le petit prince") wrote: "Perfection is reached, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there's nothing more to remove." Captivatng video, as usual. I like how you focus on the story to be told, on how to tell it, what serves it, etc.

[yannisouthere]

I’m a young film director, I strongly agree with all these tips, especially the last one!

[arowefilms]

This side of YouTube university is soo much better than the "content" creation side.. It's good to see guys who clearly do the work from the cinema side crossing over with each other

[NIKONGUY]

Silence. Explained the importance of this to a young actor who was rushing through the scene. Told her to let the scene breathe on its own. She came back and nailed it.
You spoke about being open to different types of art. I remember listening to a DP whose name I can't recall talk about the 'look' of the film mentioning all the greats and then... Caravaggio. I took an art history class and listened with fascination about all the looks he discussed with the director. Glad I'd taken that class.

[kaspergaram]

"Show, don't tell". That's one of the best lessons ever

[mauriciotrujillo]

Just started my phase of visiting galleries and performances 🙌🏼🎬 Inspiration levels are on top

[markbone]

Been so busy with our new cinematography course I forgot to post this video! Shot it back in April!

[fedduart]

Thanks for your advice, agree 100%, hope a lot of new filmmakers see this

[benwilson]

Small world, my friend produced your movie! I heard about this a while ago while she was working on it. Sick.

[JWS]

Great piece of advice. Decide on the perspective. Your angle. Your take. Your position. Your point of view in this instance.

And then how can I say this with just visuals.

And the add all the other stuff.


Love that

[rosetofilms]

Love the influence segment! I’ve actually been taking clips and scenes for films, recutting them and presenting them as concepts for my commercial pitches.

[ohados]

You always succed to inspire me with your vids, the topics, the tips and the way you are passing them is very moving! keep it up man

[jonny_graham]

I love the little self-commentating clips in this edit, I tip my hat 😅

[patrickcasella]

Wow, felt like tip #4 was made for me. Literally just made a YT video about this topic last week. The timing is wild 🤯

[DANAMIONLINE]

The power of silence is overlooked not only in films but also in YouTube videos. I notice on YouTube a machine gun of information that needs more space for digesting that information.

Do people think silence is boring? Actually, people do. A study was done where people would instead zap themselves with electricity than sit silently with their thoughts.

[tazyt]

Its funny I live with 3 incredible autistic people and filming our trips purely to tell the tale of the moment is my escape, recharge,unwind,so I can be the best me for them. To sit and watch these trips with my amazing family afterwards is the only reason I create vids, how cool is that ? Directing for them is the best experience ever . The fact that others watch on the tube is a bonus .luv your work mate keep us inspired aye cheers

[twincitymedia]

Nailed it again. Thanks Mark for continuing to share so much with us!

[princejaman]

Experimental cinema are always a great way for inspiration with charecters and situations and all time high Visuals ❤

[BradyBessette]

Hey that’s me!! Super helpful video! Btw OKAY is so good I loved it

[MichalKurowskiMK]

Last tip is golden! Thanks for the video from an aspiring filmmaker :)