Role of the Director

Write an in depth reflection on what the role of the Director is.  What are their duties in the production?

    A director's job is to bring their vision to life. The primary duties of a director involves decision making. They are responsible for guiding the cast and crew in order to reach solutions and achieve their vision. When it comes to actors, they should give clear direction about what their character may be thinking and what their goal(s) are in that moment. This often leads to an overall better result than line reading, which is where the director only really focuses on surface level acting and may cause the actor to just copy how the director does it, restricting creative choice and meaningful performances. During pre-production, the director coaches the location scouts, work with set designers, props, and costumes to decide the visual mise en scene, and during filming the director works with hair and makeup and the special effects department to work out the details of the story telling, and the director decides where the camera goes.