In our book, Nichols writes, "An attentive viewer must also be familiar with the repertoire of choices a director faces to recognize her decisions as choices rather than as simply the product of the camera's mechanical ability to record images". What do you think Nichols is trying to say in this statement and what are your thoughts?
I think that Nichols is saying that a film is more than just setting up a camera and hitting record. It takes a lot more than that. The director has to make a lot of decisions such as lighting, the angle of the shot, what clothes the people are going to wear, etc. As viewers, we need to recognize how much time and thought the director actually has to go through in order to make a movie for us. We need to be able to realize that the movie is based on the directors choices of he/she wants the movie to be like. It his/her choice on what edits will be made and how many times things will be re-shot to make it the best. They choose to do the movie the way they want it.
I agree with what your saying; the director has many choices that they can make and their end product is the result. Wether it is good or bad depends on the choices they made, and viewers should realize this.
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