After reading a book "Directing Film Techniques and Aesthetics"

I read "Directing Film Techniques and Aesthetics" past one months. This book had really helped me. Because in my research, I need to study more film directing skills. Michael Rabiger, the author of the book, told me how to direct actors.

I read the Chapter 18, Directing Actors. The author told me some suggestions about directing actors. For example, 'set limited, positive goals', that means try to remove all fear and comparison from your dealings, and always use positve, constructive phrasing. And use suggestions instead of ordering.

'Direct the actor's attention to a particular kind of action', that in my opinion is as a director, you should tell your actors what a particular action is you want, and you can act by yourself to make the actors understand.

'Never say,"Just be yourself"', it will sets actors worrying, actors do not know how director sees me and which actor should do. So just focus your actor instead on aspects of her character's experience.

To conclude, I learn a lot of directing knowledge from the book. It is a useful book to guide the directors achieve their goals.