Sometimes, Jennifer Lawrence says, male directors annoy her on set."Not all men!" she said in a recent Vulture interview with director Lynne Ramsey about their new film Die My Love. But there's a pattern she's noticed. "I have found a commonality in female directors, which is that they do not do this thing, which is over-direct," she said. "There have been some times when I've worked with male directors where there's this need to constantly feel like they're directing the movie. And it's not even really getting anything done. It's just annoying. When I think auteur, my mind kind of goes to controlling and … what's that word? Neurotic!"Lawrence described Ramsey's approach as the opposite. "She really built this world and made sure that we were all on the same page, through music and conversations and the atmosphere and the set. And then she would just kind of slowly walk back. And sometimes, from the discomfort of that, from the lack of her visibility, something interesting would come from it. And then she would come out and be like, 'That's great, great, yeah, do it again.' Or we would accidentally laugh and be like, 'Oh, sorry.' And she'd be like, 'No, it was great. I liked that you laughed. Do it again.'" - YouTube www.youtube.com The Problem with Constant Direction When you're over-directing, you're micromanaging. And it's not good. This is usually the result of insecurity and a lack of trust in your team.When you're constantly giving notes and adjusting...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 10 November