[quote=“Col. Crazy Kenneth”]
Then turn to books. The power of motion pictures comes from the combination of visuals and audio to create all kinds of emotions. Can’t do that shit with books. A good story is nothing cinematic, it’s just a good story.
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I don’t really agree with that. Good stories are full of visuals and audio. The only difference is a good storyteller plants those things directly into your brain without the filter created by a director. With nothing but a pure story, how cinematic it is or isn’t is completely up to the person digesting it. If you read a book and don’t see or hear things in your head that’s kinda sad.
Most directors take those brilliant stories and attempt to get you to interpret the story the way they do. Just look at books dedicated to teaching the business of film making. They’re basically teaching you how to brainwash the audience into seeing things the way you want them to.
Most directors don’t tell a story, they simply present their interpretation of it. Which is a pretty shitty way to run things when the director didn’t write the story. This is part of why I’ve reverted to television. In TV the guy who came up with the concept runs shit. He directs the directors. In movies the guy who created the story is usually considered less important than the boom mic operator once filming begins.