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AMATEUR MOVIE MAKING 383
acteristics which are almost diametrically opposed. He must have the artistic sense developed to the utmost ; and at the same time, he must ever keep cool and watch carefully the details of mechanics and technique. There are few rules which can be applied to direction, and these few are necessarily most elastic. It can be easily understood that direction by hard and fast rule would result in a photo-play of such mathematical inflexibility that it would serve only to produce the utmost boredom in the spectators.
You may well think that all of this has nothing to do with you and the production of a simple, domestic photodrama; but on the contrary, it has everything to do with you. The intimate little home "shots" you will make will be immeasurably better and far more interesting if a little thought is spent upon intelligent direction.
Before attempting direction, the art of camera manipulation must be mastered until all movements are made automatically and without conscious thought on your part, for all of your conscious energies will be necessary for direction. The position behind the camera, which you will occupy by virtue of being cinematographer as well as director, is the ideal position for direction for then you will see the same field of action which the camera sees. If you will observe all the photographs of great directors in action you will notice that they are usually near the camera, in fact, they will be found just beside it, or immediately in front of and just far enough below the lens to escape blocking the lens view. In the course of his professional experience, the writer has known directors who stated that they could direct from the sidelines or other remote positions; but such directors are found in small companies and in small companies they will stay, for the feat is beyond the powers of visualization possessed by any but a truly superman. Unquestionably the position of the cinematographer is the ideal directing position. This will be realized by amateurs who have experimented with various viewpoints when photographing some scene or individual. A very slight, indeed, an almost imperceptible, change in the position of the lens will often produce startling changes in the appearance of the finished print. If