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What A Director Does... Essentially, It's Storytelling, But A Director Also Controls The Feeling And The Sounds And The Texture. It's An Act Of Creation, Like A Symphony Or A Painting Or A Story. But With Different Tools.

-John Carpenter

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What A Director Does... Essentially, It's Storytelling,

John Carpenter

What A Director Does... Essentially, It's Storytelling, But A Director Also Controls The Feeling And The Sounds And The Texture. It's An Act Of Creation, Like A Symphony Or A Painting Or A Story. But With Different Tools.

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