Film Director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in film making. They control a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors.The director is the highest authority on the set. They are experts on everything that is associated with the process of film making. Film making is a three part process that the director is heavily involved in throughout each stage including pre and post production. It important that before the director begins to shoot the film he/she has read through the script thoroughly.  They have to sit with the screenwriters and make a screenplay out of the script. The screenplay is how the story is going to get played out on the screen. The editing process begins after all the production work is done. The director has to sit with the editor and be a part of the whole editing process. They have to hand the screenplay and the shooting script to the editor so they can line up the shots accordingly. They have to guide the editor on the quality of the picture they want. They also have to choose the background music, ambient sounds and folly sounds that have to be inserted onto the film.n process, the director has to shoot the whole film according to the screenplay and the shooting script. Ensuring that the final edit has their approval before it can be released.

In order to become a film director requires qualifications and experience. Many universities and even colleges offer specialised courses in the art of directing with film direction as specialization; degrees from such universities are helpful in getting a job. Like many other jobs within in this industry many directors work they way up starting off as assistant directors allowing them to gain experience and explore with their ability to direct often involving making armature short films to demonstrate their skills and capability.

Simularly to many other jobs the salary of a director can vary according to the scale of the film and who they are working for. The reputation of a director can be vital as a production company may hire a director of reputation alone and offer them a considerable amount of money and earning from profit made they can even demand to be paid and negotiate deals with a company. For example one of the most famous directors known world wide Steven Speilberg is estimated to be worth £3billion pound.. However on average a film director can make a minimum of £200,0000 a year plus the back end of any profits made.