If Batman was running around happy he wouldn't have a job  by now!!


Every day my mentor keep saying to me,"the day i stop learning ,is the day i want to be put down in my coffin".
Last week our guest director  was the Tv drama director"Mark Defriest" who was absolutely fantastic,he told us about what a director does since he take the script ,and how he should be as a director and about his relationship with the others.and he told us about his own experience in the industry. and i guess by that we learn the most. because you can teach us what is written in books for ages but when it comes to applying, people go wrong or right.and here is where we can benefit from other people's experience.

That Passion everyone keeps talking about, how does it come? how do you feel it? how do you know you have it?

Mark said last week something very substantial which is when you are doing loads and loads of work and  you are not minding it then you know your passionate about your work.
and since you have a passion for your work always give your best "near enough is never ever enough".



The most important thing in the production is the "story" then the "performance" then the "camera" or the way you shoot it.

and since the story is the most important thing it should be well written so if BATMAN WAS RUNNING AROUND   HAPPY HE WOULDN'T HAVE A JOB BY NOW!  so the director should spend a lot of time on reading, understanding and developing the story and the characters  so he can have a clear and a well built vision before start concentrating on the performance.

the relationship between the director and actors should be so good on set and no one else should get in between even the producer in case of problems, they should solve, and make the relationship strengthen by themselves, to get the best out of each other. 

i guess that is one of the things that we need to do ourselves ,"we need to apply it" to know exactly what they mean.


Mark's visit made me think about a lot of things, for example: how important the ego is to every director and how it can make no one want to work with you.

How directing feature and Tv are similar yet they are so different to YOU. this is something that always got me, i used to say i like TV directing , and Chris Scully use to ask me, how is it different than feature?…..uummmmm
 well its not different if i am talking about drama of course. News directing is different maybe that is what i had in mind.so they are different but it depends what i am talking about!


Anyways i've learnt a lot on that day ,hopefully i'll apply it correctly!


That's all for now…………………………….A bientot