The Notion Of Directing A Film Is

Film Editing Is Now Something Almost Everyone Can Do At A Simple Level And Enjoy It, But To Take It To A Higher Level Requires The Same Dedication And Persistence That Any Art Form Does.

There Are Two Kinds Of Filmmaking: Hitchcock's (the Film Is Complete In The Director's Mind) And Coppola's (which Thrives On Process). For Hitchcock, Any Variation From The Complete Internal Idea Is Seen As A Defect. The Perfection Already Exists. Coppola's Approach Is To Harvest The Random Elements That The Process Throws Up, Things That Were Not In His Mind When He Began.

Every Film Is A Puzzle Really, From An Editorial Point Of View.

By Manipulating What You Hear And How You Hear It - And What Other Things You Don't Hear - You Can Not Only Help Tell The Story, You Can Help The Audience Get Into The Mind Of The Character.

Writing Is A Process Of Discovery Of What You Really Do Know. You Can't Limit Yourself In Advance To What You Know, Because You Don't Know Everything You Know.