Friday, January 22, 2010

When directing a film, how much control does the director have over the screenplay and movie sets?

I am 14 years old, and I hope to become a film director someday. I was wondering how much control does a director take over the screenplay, or making changes to the screenplay. How close do they have to stick to it or how much they can drift away from it and take more creative control themselves. I also wanted to know how much creative control a director has on designing movie sets; how close they work with the crew, stuff like that. ThanksWhen directing a film, how much control does the director have over the screenplay and movie sets?
Directors are practically head of the show, ranked only under the producers. The screenwriters many times write the script, and let go of all rights to it, leaving the director to freely change any and all dialogue within it. Unfortunately, there are cases where that isn't a good thing, but...





To answer your question, man, the director's vision remains intact during the production... as long as the producers agree. :)When directing a film, how much control does the director have over the screenplay and movie sets?
Near total control, there are budget considerations that can limit what can be done, as well as restrictions on locations, hours that can we worked in a day due to various reasons, and any number of other things that can pop up before, during and after shooting the movie, but yes, in general, he/she has almost total control on almost every topic involved in the creation of a movie.
i think all that is up to the studio. they probably let some directors i.e. spielberg have more freedom than other lesser known ones

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