1. So, what is a director anyway?
2. But, how did you get into the industry?
3. Barry and the hill
4. Is this script worth shooting?
5. Preparing to succeed
6. Where are you going to shoot?
7. Casting
8. Design, costume and make-up
9. Negotiating with production and working with the 1st AD
10. Planning
11. Geography is story
12. Don’t get hung up on cameras.
13. Sound
14. Day one
15. Actors
16. The edit always tells the truth
17. The power of the cut
18. Directing in the digital space
19. Directing while black
20. End word
Biography
Tim Leandro is Senior Lecturer in Directing for Film and Television at the University of York. He is a twice BAFTA-nominated film and television director, whose career spans more than three decades. Originally a video artist in the 1980s, Leandro then moved into factual television and documentaries at the BBC, before segueing into drama in the early 90s. Leandro has made dramas for all the main terrestrial UK broadcasters across a wide range of genres including children’s drama, soap, high-end drama, single films, series and serials.
