Post by lenlenlen1 on Apr 5, 2019 1:15:17 GMT
Directing and acting have little to do with writing.
Directing is about using film language to create art, and an emotional response in your audience. If you can use direction over actors, cinematography and editing to push the boundaries of film language then you've done something special.
For example, in the horror genre the masterpieces Psycho, The Exorcist, Jaws, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1st) and Halloween (1st) are movies unlike anything that ever came before them. Each one of those movies practically re-wrote film language in their genre.
In acting, I need to believe that the actor is actually doing the thing their character claims to be doing. I need to believe the actor is really feeling that emotion, that they really sound like that guy, that they look like that guy, that they are that guy even though intellectually I know they're a famous actor.
Having a really well written script can help those things, of course, but they're independent of one another.