Consider Sandra’s lecture “Directing Actors” and describe at least a couple of points that you took away from it (even if you’re not the director).

– Sandra emphasised the importance of the role of director. Not only crew members get instructions from the director, but also the actors need the most guidance from the director. The actors can easily sense the mood of the director which greatly affects their performance. Sandra suggested to be honest but delicate. The director should point out what has not been done right but not saying it in front of everybody. She also recommended that we should let the actors to comprehend the script by themselves without telling them too much about every lines or gestures. That allow the actors to convey their characters in the way they understand them.

– Another inspiration from Sandra was the preparation of  B-scenes in case any bad situation happened or if time is running short on the actual shooting day. But we should still aim for shooting the A-scenes; rather than putting focus on the B-scenes option. 

– Sandra talked about getting the actors to rehearse the script the day before shooting. A rehearsal will make the actors feel more engaged and develop the interaction between actors before the real shooting. She also discussed about the rehearsal of a film without dialogue. What we need to do is to get the idea of shots and go to the location and rehearse with the camera.