Art direction

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Directing other people's craft

Lesson 5 of 12 in Art direction.

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You will direct people who are better than you at the thing they do: a photographer knows more about light, a stylist more about fit, a retoucher more about skin. You do not need to out-know them. You need to know what the work has to achieve, and to be precise about it.

An ink drawing of a photographer trying an umbrella, a softbox and a bounce card around a seated model while the art director watches calmly from behind.
The director names the result and the photographer chooses how to get it.
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  1. Question 1, locked

    Which of these words means this? “Somebody who knows their craft better than you do. Most of the people you will direct.”

    • Specialist
    • Reference-led
    • Dilution
    • Timing
  2. Question 2, locked

    Which of these words means this? “One instruction, actionable, about one thing.”

    • Craft
    • Note
    • Team
    • House style trap
  3. Question 3, locked

    Which of these words means this? “Saying what you want, not how to achieve it. Leaves the craft to the craftsman.”

    • Intent over method
    • Art director
    • Specialist
    • Tethered

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