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Originally Posted by steamwhistle
I won't profess to know how filmmaking works, but I've always been under the impression, from stories & articles I've read, that if something isn't "working", the director can re-write or order re-writes of scenes, depending upon the director's contract of course.
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I heard this too. But I also heard the role of the director having his/her hands in every aspect of a film can be anywhere from extreme to very minimal. I don't think us 'outsiders' will ever know
exactly what level involvement Bay has had on this film (and the previous TF films) for each and every category.
Whichever the case, I believe the the director works with THE experts in all areas, and these 'specialists' have to be accountable. If someone doesn't like the musical score in a movie, or the special effects, or the costumes, etc., it makes sense that the people that worked on those things get the finger pointed at them. Even if the director asked for a change in some area, the experts STILL had to provide a revision that was good. And if the director's suggestions are that 'off the wall' or 'bad', I would have my doubt that the writers or studio can't trump the obvious bad idea.
On the flip side, even if Bay gave the final 'thumbs up' approval on many of the things that came his way, I'm sure a lot of it came with the thought that he's 'a
non-pro from that department getting material from a
pro in that department', sort of thing and his main job was not to FULLY babysit everyone and everything. Otherwise he might as well be a 'one-man' show and do everything 100% himself, which is not the intent of a director.
In regards to the screenwriting, in theory, the writers will always be better at writing than the director, simply because they are the experts hired to do it and that is their assigned role. And the writers will always have more time and expectation to research every bit of detail and flush out a great story.
The last two Transformers movies were filled with holes and many ideas/plots were jammed together. Bay worked with what was given to him, and through lots/little collaboration, his trust was in the writers to provide the best script and for them to know all the fine details of a story. Stuff that Bay wouldn't necessarily know since Bay's time was not 100% in writing it. Likewise, all the specialized teams expect Bay to take the movie's script and imagery and artistically bring it to life in the best way.
So yeah, again, I'm excited to see this movie because the writers are different than the last 2 movies.
