Advice to a First-Time Director

John and Craig offer advice to a director taking the plunge, with guidance on both getting the work done and getting the performances you want. From there, we segue into a discussion of the Perfect Director, the next installment of our Perfect series. We also pay a visit to the Logic Police, whose notes are often frustrating but sometimes correct. But we couldn’t not talk about the messed-up situation with The Interview and North Korea. It’s a terrible precedent, but the mistake is putting the blame on any one studio. Without coordinated group action, it’s only going to get worse. Links: Sony cancels The Interview release after theaters pull out Interesting Ball by DANIELS Skype Translator Outro by Scriptnotes listener Brandon S Meyers (send us yours!) You can download the episode here: AAC | mp3. UPDATE 12-29-14: The transcript of this episode can be found here.The post Advice to a First-Time Director first appeared on John August.