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Show Tasks That Confront a Director By Thomas II. Inco. In asking mo what aro tho chief difllcultleB which a director has to contond with in producing motion pictures, ordinarily theso aro too numerous to mention. First of all for n director to securo a story which Is dramatically correct now onough nnd different enough Is ono of tho hardost problems, nnd oftentimes often-times tho writers havo tho basis of clovor Ideas havo no technical know ledge of tho motion picture art which of courso, necessitates a great deal of adapting of thoso idens to motion picture requirements. Ono of tho other great dllhcustlos is securing sec-uring good tnlent, who. at tho samo tlmo havo ability, and aro tho proper pro-per types to carry out tho idea of your story. I ntn a great bollover In types, and betweon the cholco of solccting two peoplo ono of whom has unnucstlon-ablo unnucstlon-ablo ability but who does not lit tho part In uppearanco as I havo conceived con-ceived It in my mind, nnd another person of not eo much oxpurlonco but who Is Just tho typo I am looking for, I nlways profor to try out tho "typo" first. And white It Is of courso, customary for a director to havo his assistant nnd his property man and his sconlc artist, and his carpenters, nnd his technical men, who, of course, roller o him of cor-tain cor-tain dotnlls, still they all conui to tho director countless times a day for a decision In Important matters or tho working out of somo dimculty where it is found that thoy cannot supply what tho director originally specified. I havo tried, howovor, to ollmlnato many of theso difficulties at my plant nt Incovlllo and Culver City where tho major portion of "Civilization" was produced. By steady building up for tho last few years, our organization hns cooperated co-operated In producing foatures along tho linos that I bcllovo In, and thoro Is hardly a requirement which can como up from tho director or any of his staff whlrh cannot bo mot from our homo department within a fow hours' tlmo. And ordinarily wo can find the majority of our exterior sot-tings sot-tings on our own proporty, which Is somo what over eighteen thousands acres, as wo havo the ocean In our own front yard, as ono might say, and back of us our own hills, canyons, can-yons, etc. It Is only natural for tho general public to assumo that tho hardest scones to produce aro tho very big spectacular ones whero thousands of peoplo aro used, and whero great big buildings that cost enormous sums to oroct nro oftontlmcs blown Into ntoms. Hut tho truth of tho mailer is inai meso nro usuany rar easier than somo of tho simpler scenes which might nppear to tho casual oyo havo taken only a fow moments of tlmo. These scenes, howovor, to tho director, aro Just ns Important as his bigger scones, bo-causo bo-causo tho simpler ones really carry either tho heart throb or tho artistic typo which Is vital to successful drama. |
