Blog #24 – Directing Actors During Filming

 Directing the actors during filming was harder than I thought it would be. For one, we had to use each other as characters in the show while still filming one another. Some of our scenes didn’t feel quite right at first because the emotions were either too forced or not strong enough. I had to explain what the character was feeling and why the scene mattered instead of just telling them what to do, and guide them on how to showcase each action of their character.

Once actors actually understood the emotion behind the scene and their role in that part, their performances improved a lot. This showed me how important communication can be in filmmaking. Just a small change in someone’s tone or their body language made scenes feel more real and helped the storyline flow better.

During this take I’m guiding “amara” in the back to express more emotion while doing the creepy drawings while thinking about the bullies, in the script she was written as very mad and scribbling the paper till the ink started to bleed, here she wasn’t doing that, so I let her know. 

Although there was giggling in this scene take, your able to see the difference in amaras actions and is able to see who her anger is towards, which is what we need in the film.