Unlike fiction, which you create before you go into production, with reality you kind of create it after everything is produced. The drama and the storytelling is really done in post.
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You do a drama, and you are limited by the rules of reality, and in science fiction, you create your own reality. Some people find that daunting; I find it challenging.
You really have to soak up the culture of the people to get it right. If you're making a fiction film, it's entertainment, but you want it to be as real as possible.
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
Reality shows are all the rage on TV at the moment, but that's not reality, it's just another aesthetic form of fiction.
Reality really is theater. There's no other way to describe it. It's all so nonsensical, ridiculous and chaotic.
When you make a film that is based in reality, reality will come up all around it.
Fiction is based on reality unless you're a fairytale artist.
Reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a fiction.
It's the same assignment on every part: you want to create a real world, and the tone of it is a little different on each movie. You have to find your tone and work within that to make it as real so the audience can really engage in the story you're telling.
In the end, it's acting, it's not real. But every director will tell you that you have to create conditions that create tension, because tension is what makes drama feel real.
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