Alan Taylor on Directing HOUSE OF THE DRAGON and His INSANE Career

Published: 20 June 2024
on channel: Big Vic Media

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In this episode of Psycho-Cinematic, Vic is joined by tv and film director, Alan Taylor. Alan shares his experience directing a couple episodes of season 2 of "House of the Dragon" and shares stories from his insane career. Alan has worked on everything from "The Sopranos" to "Game of Thrones".
Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:50 Addressing S2 E1 of “House of the Dragon”
2:18 Did Alan read “Fire and Blood”
3:58 Alan’s background
6:21 Alan’s film heroes
7:49 Alan’s preference on TV or film directing
10:10 Alan pushing to make 3 films
10:50 Discerning good from bad writing
12:48 Alan turned down “Arrival”
13:23 Seeing the best in a story
15:04 Enhancing writing with directing
16:45 Directing the final scene of “A Son for a Son”
22:25 Learning every character as director
23:36 Preparing to direct a second season
25:34 Directing multiple episodes
27:22 The locations of ”House of the Dragon”
28:55 Work load of “House of the Dragon”
30:00 How much control does a director get on a show full of directors
33:08 TV show direction consistency
34:38 Directing a “Blue Eye Samurai” episode
38:33 Getting star struck directing actors
41:54 Rough experience on “Terminator Genisys”
43:47 How Alan would approach filmmaking if he started over
46:20 Working on “House of the Dragon” S2 E4

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