How it feels to WRITE & DIRECT a film...

How it feels to WRITE & DIRECT a film...
When you write a film, it's all in your head. Directing a film means turning that vision into a reality. Here's what it feels like...

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Here’s a lesson I just learned that you should know about if you want to direct a film: You MUST be a team player. Let me explain…

My name is Jay Sherer, and while I’ve written many films and produced a few of my own short films, I hadn’t ever directed one until this last year. It was an amazing experience, and I learned a LOT, including that I really enjoy directing!

The first lesson—which I knew from producing films–but directing one made it even more obvious: Film is a COLLABORATIVE medium.

When you watch media interviews, the focus is almost always on the actors, actresses, or the directors. You rarely see DPs, producers, casting directors, grips, gaffers, costume designers, makeup artists, or anybody else involved in the production of a film getting a lot of attention unless you’re going deep into filmmaking-specific media outlets.

You may think the director controls every single aspect of the production, like a puppeteer pulling everyone’s strings. But that’s… not accurate. In fact, that feels like a good way to get a bad finished product.

The truth is: a director INFLUENCES every aspect of the production, but each and every role serves as an important creative contributor to the finished film.