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school of directing.
Shyamalan: Yeah. I could walk
you through one of my movies
before we shoot it, and you'd be
astonished at how close the original
vision is to the finished film.
Have you
found that actors
respond to that type of
approach if your vision is strong
enough?
Shyamalan: They'll respond to
it if the script is strong enough. If the
script has holes, and you ask them to
stick to that specific blueprint, it can
become a very tense situation. If the
script has been worked on very care¬
fully, to the point where it's water¬
tight, then they're willing to go there.
will
I think actors like it when
a
director
says, 'This is what we're going for, and
this is how I'm going to do it.
worry about all
because I've got
of the other stuff,
that covered.' That
opens up all of those wonderful
nuances that actors can give you with
their eyes, their gestures, and so on.
Of course, when we go to the
set to
block
I do leave
out a scene,
adjust things for the
actors if they feel uncomfortable. For
example, if someone says to me, 'I
wish I wasn't sitting down,' no prob¬
lem
I can find a way around that.
As we go through the scene, we can
adjust the vision that's been planned
room so we can
-
for five months, but it's
customizing
rethinking it.
that
Given
your
more
vision
about
than
penchant for
control, do you prefer working in a
studio
at
or
real locations?
Everything else is
Shyamalan: It usually ends up
being about 50-50. My first choice is
are a
to
the
up to you. There
thousand choices to be made in
next
three minutes
camera, so
go
as
I roll the
for it. You don't have to
find
a
location where I
shots I've
can
do the
with, and where
[the cinematographer] can do his
come
up
lighting. Sometimes we'll find a loca¬
tion where
but
move,
we
we
can
do the
camera
can't light the scene
properly. Eventually, it becomes very
obvious which settings need to be
built and which
What
ones we
the
need
to
find.
challeng¬
ing aspect of Unbreakable from your
perspective?
Shyamalan: [Laughing] All of
it
the whole thing was very tiring
and challenging. Unfortunately, I
didn't make any of the scenes easy; I
made it really hard for both the crew
and myself. We shot the entire movie
in continuity, and I made all of these
demands, like my 'no coverage' rule.
It was a super-challenging shoot both
creatively and technically, but for me
it became a very cathartic experience
to pull it off. A movie like this one
was
most
-
cannot
it
be made in
a
half-assed way;
requires total concentration and
commitment
from
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