Quote from: Le Celticant on Feb 21, 2015, 11:25:36 PM
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Quote from: Le Celticant on Feb 21, 2015, 07:31:39 PM
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Quote from: Le Celticant on Feb 20, 2015, 08:31:30 PM
That doesn't mean you can work on multiple project.
Post-production isn't a very engaging one for directors, skype and server exchange with one daily is more than enough.
At least that's the way I've always seen it in the industry.
For a very "hands off" director, maybe.
Oh yeah, I forgot that a very engaged director stay in front of the computer screen for an entire week looking at how much % the shot is rendered
And overseeing editing, visual effects, audio (music, sound effects, ADR), color correction, planning potential reshoots, etc.
That's the producer/major(distributor) work in hollywood you're speaking about not the director.
To see a director do that you must either have James Cameron's gold bawl or simply leave the USA.
Again, maybe for a hands off director, but that's not at all the usual case. Some directors are definitely more involved than others in post, but to not have any role at all is, in a way, to not even direct. It was a big mess of a situation when David Fincher stormed off the set of
Alien 3 immediately after production because there was no director to guide the process (not that his guidance was exactly relevant during all of production either, with all of the interference from Fox).
Just listen to the commentary tracks or watch the bonus features for any film, especially one by a director who has a very distinct look/feel to all of his/her projects. One name that immediately comes to mind in terms of big Hollywood filmmakers is Guillermo del Toro. Ridley Scott and
Prometheus is another situation that most people on this site should be aware of-- his "butts in seats" mentality is responsible for the choppy structure of a lot of the film, because he as a director made the conscious choice to put relentless pacing on a higher pedestal than a fully informed story. Or, to check out something incredibly relevant to this upcoming Alien film, check out the bonus features for
District 9 where you see Blomkmp interacting directly with the audio technicians, the editors, etc.
To direct on the set is good and all, but it's only one area that's actually in need of directing. Post is where the film really comes alive, where all of the elements from set come together and take on their true identity. The producers will definitely come in after and make you change things in most situations, especially in a film with a very big budget/a lot of money on the line, but even then they need to have the director's work to tear into and try to alter.