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Director John Badham on the Rehearsal Process

John Badham — Saturday Night Fever, WarGames — on whether film and television directors rehearse, and what rehearsing on set can and cannot achieve when the schedule will not allow anything else.

Mike Moreno (ActorCEO) · 4 min · Intermediate · DIR · Directing · 2021

What you take away

On a screen schedule the rehearsal you get is the one you take on the day; the question is what you choose to spend those minutes solving.

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Oscar-winning performances

Oscar winners for directing

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The Pianist (2002)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Schindler's List (1993)
Amadeus (1984)

Books on directing

Kit for this lesson

Rode Wireless PRO — Two radio mics with 32-bit float backup recording
Countryman B6 lavalier — The size of a match head
DPA 4060 CORE lavalier — The lav that disappears under wardrobe
DPA 6060 subminiature lavalier — Smaller still, for a close frame
Nanlite Compac 200B — A cheap, big, soft panel
Amaran F22c flexible light mat — A 2x2 colour mat that rolls up

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