Comparative Directorial Styles: Edlund, Rohl, Singer, Scgricca, and Manners
This originally was intended to be a small comment for spnematography’s episode discussion for “Reading is Fundamental” (7x21), but it grew into something bigger and took me too long to post in a timely manner for the discussion prompt. So, weeks months later, here it is. Whoops, deadlines.
( The meta fairy visited... )
I wrote it bec. I like learning about film stuff and needed a way to apply it all. I'm a relatively new stay-at-home mom and I miss using my brain for other things than mashing baby food and figuring out how many trips it'll take to load the car with kids and baby gear. Plus, I like watching SPN and this is a perfect excuse (like I need one anyway).
I never noticed any of these things before, but probably simply because I'm not a film major?
Well, I'm not a film major if that makes you feel better. In fact, I was a geology major. Go rocks! ;)
what if other director (let's say Rohl or Singer) directed the episode? And I concluded, wouldn't it be too dynamic? With all the sh** going on in this one episode, static camerawork helped slow down the crazy pace.
Interesting idea. There was a lot going on story-wise, and based just on that I think no matter who directed it, for me, it likely wouldn't still felt scattered and thinly stretched. I know I would've been disappointed bec. I usually have high expectations for any episode that Edlund gets his hands on and this episode was not his best. But no doubt changing the director would've changed the feel of the episode. TBH I think it's more of a matter of personal preference. I tend to like more cinematic, dynamic camerawork no matter what, so I probably would've been more forgiving if Rohl directed. Singer is what I've dubbed the "invisible director"--he's deft and efficient but usually isn't frilly and artsy--and most of the time it's hard for me to immediately recognize that's he's the director of an episode unless I see those zooms/dolly shots all over the place. But I'm glad you found this episode enjoyable and that Edlund's style contributed to that. :)
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