What is the mark of the successful audiovisual professional?
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Reading the script for future projects, analyzing the risks together with you, following everything from pre-production and walking by your side until the delivery of the work is a truly unique experience.
Each insured job makes us even more passionate about the art produced by our clients and we end up becoming interested in what makes productions work, what makes a director successful, what excites the public, how to take care of equipment, and so many other things related to this medium.
In our post today, we want to share with you some tips on what we believe to be the mark of a successful film director! We took a look at big names like Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, Guilherme Del Toro, Fernando Meirelles, Daniel Filho, Carla Camurati and many others to try to discover what makes an audiovisual professional shine.
Let's learn a little from those who are already at the top?
BE AMBITIOUS
Steven Spielberg
According to Spielberg the secret is to look at what was done, how the geniuses of the past achieved fantastic results and then go out and do it your way, only better. Watch old movies, observe the technique applied, the language chosen, and then with your refined eye, and based on what you learned from the great masters, overcome them. Don't imagine that you're not capable, be ambitious.
MAKE FILMS ALWAYS
Sam Raimi
Write every night, gather a group of actor friends and film what you wrote in a rudimentary way. Today it is easy to edit and fix the sound by computer, and then let the public see your work.
That's Sam Raimi's advice, write and make movies, constantly, always looking to improve your work based on people's reaction. For him, it is essential to realize if your message reached the audience in the desired way, if you are communicating your ideas in the right way.
If your project didn't speak to the audience, improve your communication!
If the goal was achieved, then do even better on your next project.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS BAD WORK
Sidney Lumet
For Sidney Lumet, a good audiovisual professional does not allow himself to work with just one type of media. You have to make fiction films, documentaries, TV commercials, animations. Always be open to working with everything, as this practice and diversity will train your eyes and perfect your technique.
There is no such thing as bad work in audiovisual. There is only work.
LEARN TO LISTEN AND SAY NO
Guilhermo Del Toro
Learn to listen and then learn to say no, that was Guilhermo Del Toro's advice at a Comic Con. For this director, you need to listen to the people you work with, listen to the film as it's being filmed, but it's also essential to know when to say no to some ideas, whether yours or someone else's.
Balance is critical as a director makes thousands of decisions a day on a movie set and sometimes it's hard to know if you're making progress or undoing what's been written.
Interestingly, this thinking is shared by director Kelly Reichardt, who believes that “the film reveals itself as it is filmed, so listen to your film as you produce”.
DON'T LET THE COMPETITION STOP YOU
Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino
It's important to be aware of the competition out there, but that knowledge shouldn't be a paralyzer, but an enabler.
The reality these days is that anyone can have a camera and can even learn to edit films online, but that doesn't mean that the content produced is good.
So don't let the competition stop you and keep producing good work, until people notice you. You may have a transformative project on your hands, so don't give up.
BE CONFIDENT BUT NOT ARROGANT
Kenneth Castillo
There is a fine line between confidence and arrogance, for director Castillo, the confident professional knows what he wants to achieve and manages to keep the team united with him in this vision without stepping on others.
That's why it's essential to communicate your objective very clearly and precisely, and avoid crossing the line into the usual arrogance of those who work with art.
PERFECTION IS AN ILLUSION
Park Chan-Wook
A very common mistake, especially if you're just starting out in audiovisual, is trying to be perfect. Perfect writing, perfect picture, perfect sound.
But perfectionism, studies show, is not a quality but a cause of anxiety and creative blocks.
Walking in search of the perfect traps the good professional and prevents him from finishing the project.
Continue as you are, finish it and then come back later and see if you really need to redo it.
SURPRISE
Fernando Meirelles
“Although I also like a good classic text, I think being surprised is an important condition to hook me.”
For Fernando Meirelles, what the good professional should look for is the ability to surprise the audience, because for him it seems that they have already explored all the possibilities of telling a story in 90 minutes or less nowadays.
Don't be predictable.
BE CONSISTENT
Daniel Filho
Don't believe you are good and park in the position you are in today. Work consistently, without pretense, communicate with your audience, tell stories that move people.
Abandon pretense and continue communicating and revolutionizing the way you talk through cameras. Be competent, constant and finish what you started, always.
For Daniel Filho, “the good is almost a matter of luck”.
BE IN LOVE
Carla Camurati
Declared to be passionate about cinema since the age of 7, Camurati believes that a professional truly passionate about cinema will be happy in any role they play in a production.
And she can attest to that, as she has produced, distributed, written and acted in her long walk in this business. She even acted with her back towards the camera in “Carlota Joaquina” because she lacked an extra.
BE PERSISTENT
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For those of us who observe the field of audiovisual productions, we believe that one of the hallmarks of a successful professional is persistence.
It is necessary to continue on the path, being creative and responsible and allying yourself with other professionals who can help you achieve your goals.
So, no matter if you are a director, producer, camera operator, photographer, screenwriter or any other professional in this field, you have the potential to be more, to be brilliant, to touch and transform people's lives with your art. .
What did you think of the theme of this #MondayBlog?
What is the main characteristic of a successful audiovisual professional in your opinion?
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