How to direct.

A way to direct a movie is all about finding a unique thing to do in each of your movies. Such as Tim Burton he always has a Jack from Nightmare Before Christmas somewhere in each of his movies. Also Catherine Hardwicke who is the director of the Twilight Saga, has a theme of certain lighting, making all the main characters pale and have certain things bright, such as Victoria’s red hair. Catherine Hardwicke is also directing the classic, Little Red Riding Hood, the 700 year old legend. As you can tell the hood will be the brightness of the movie.

  After you have found your niche the next main thing to direct a film is all about framing, which means ways to the film. There is many different types of viewing the film but the main ones are, long shot, extreme long shot, close up, medium shot, and two shot.

  When you have done this, your next step is to edit all of your film and your shots. While you are editing you must think is this scene that can make the movie a drab or is this a important scene and it needs something special to happen.

In this website http://www.askdeb.com/blog/movies/how-to-direct-a-film/ they say the main 3 things to become a successful director is to have the ability to tell a story, have people skills and determination.  To have the ability to tell a story is what directing is all about, if you can not tell a story then don’t become a director. They also must have people skills, because at a certain time in your directing lives you must deal with a diva of an actor. You must be sure that everybody in your casts knows that you are the leader and that the diva actor or actresses can be replaced easily. And finally determination will make the movie come out to life for others to see.

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With this photo, it shows who is in charge of this production also how in that view you have to see the overall picture, just like what a director has to do.

Newest update of Tim Burton movie...

Since Tim Burton directed the classic Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass, he made over 20 billion dollars in, he decided that he wanted to make another classic. The other classic is going to be Wizard of the Oz. It will not be called The Wizard of the Oz since its title is owned by MGM. But they are making a new version of it. A non-kid and family friendly version, which will be rated PG-13. It will be coming out most likely in the fall of 2013.

   The version that he is making is not a remake of the original from 1939, it will instead be a sequel. So others can not compare his movie to the original since it will not be even close to the same. It will not be one of those typical movies where a couple falls in love in the end. Actually, no one can guess what is going to happen next, the only people that will know will be Tim Burton himself and the Warner Brothers since they are the producers of the movie too. No one really knows who the cast is except that the Scarecrow will be Johnny Depp, one of Tim Burton’s closest friend.

“Follow the yellow brick road. It's strewn with CGI, tent poles and 3-D. And, of course, a little green.”

   This quote was from the original Wizard of the Oz. Saying the path that they are taking to make this movie which includes the two main things of this movie, the yellow brick road that Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow, Tin man, and the cowardly lion follow. Plus the other main actress the wicked witch of the west that has green skin.

-- Steven Zeitchik

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“Movies are like an expensive form of therapy for me.” – Tim Burton

 “Everyone has a story.” -Neil LaBute

 “Directing her was like directing Lassie. You need 14 takes to get each one of them right.”- Otto Preminger

If you are a Tim Burton, as me, then you know how creative Tim Burton is with his stories. The movies he has directed or produced so far are: Big Fish, Batman Begins, Alice in Wonderland, Mars Attack, Sweeny Todd, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Corpse Bride, Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetle Juice, Sleepy Hollow, Batman: The Dark Night, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Planet of the Apes, and these are just some that were a major production. Tim Burton started after high school in 1976, Burton went to California Institute of the Arts. His school was founded by Disney looking for new animators. Burton entered the Disney animation program in his second year, thinking he can start a career with this. In 1979, he was drafted to join the Disney animation ranks.

When Burton got drafted by Disney he worked on The Fox and the Hound, but he thought it was not a joyful production to do.

Frankenweenie was his first film that he could put his real opinions in. It was only released theatrically overseas, and had limited availability on VHS. However, it would be the film that landed him his first feature directing job.

While he was filming Planet of the Apes, both of his parents died within a short space of time, I guess his parents could not bare being apart from each other. And his relationship with Lisa Marie ended after 4 years. But if they did not break up then he would have never laid his eyes on Helena Bonham Carter, who became one of his top picks of being the main actress in. While Johnny Depp is the main actor, on his list. Helena had a baby named Billy in October, 2003. He still making films fortunantly, but he is trying to spend more time with his family.

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Tim Burton

Tim Burton is one of the greatest  director now a days.  He is famous for his dark, dimented, and the unusual side of the story that he transforms into movies.

  In this blog, you will learn how Tim Burton decided to make a career of being a director, also how he became one, Some people might not have recognize his name, but you will recognize his nameafter this or you will at least  recognize the movies he has been a director in such as: Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass, Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Sweeny Todd, Batman: the Dark Knight, Edward Scissorhands, and a lot more.  If you have never heard of any of these movies then you must have lived in a amish community and your life is not completed until you have seen at least one of his movies.

  In many of his movies he puts signatures in each of his movies. His most famous signature is showing the Jack the pumpkin king from Nightmare Before Christmas  smile at least once in each of his movies.  Such as in Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass, the Chesire cat keeps his smile while the whole body disappears.

  Tim Burton’s best friend is Johnny Depp who is most of the time the main characters in his movies that he has directed before, such as: Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass, Corpse Bride, Sweeny Todd and Edward Scissorhands.

 All you need to know about Tim Burton will be in my blog from the very beginning of his life like what made him decide to become a director and how he sees the true side of his story that he puts in movies that he wants to come out on screen so everybody can see what he thinks.