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Technical directing precision

• Follow the 180 degrees rule.
• Do not cross the eyeline unless you know what you are doing.
• Make your actors walk in and out of shots.
• Make shot sizes match

For more information on these issues and more general principles on how to direct see http://www.lavideofilmmaker.com/movie-making/how-to-direct.html

The editing of the film draws your audience’s perception.

• Editing is the assembly of different shots aimed at creating a coherent sequence.
• It is an artform.
• The film director should always take control of the film editing as his vision will only be illustrated if he can control the editing.
• If not, the film will be a nightmare to edit and will consist of inconsistencies, jump cuts and distracting mistakes.
• Understanding film editing from the beginning will affect and ultimately control the way you shoot scenes and move your actors

Here are more tips on how to successfully edit your film on http://www.lavideofilmmaker.com/filmmaking/film-editing-tips.html

Sound is an important key

• Poor sound is sometimes the biggest downfall of independent films.
• You’d think the sound doesn’t play major roles in a movie but it does.
• Some professionals claim that if the image is not great, this can be compensated by a great story line.
• However poor sound is intolerable!
• Sound recording should be taken extremely seriously if you want to keep an audience.

Read more about how the sound of a film can affect the way it is portrayed in a way you could never imagine on http://www.lavideofilmmaker.com/filmmaking/record-good-production-sound.html