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  • adverb In terms of film direction.

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directorial +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Every time I complain that a blockbuster movie is directorially dumb, or insultingly scripted, or crappily acted, or artistically barren, I get a torrent of emails from alleged mainstream-movie lovers complaining that I as a snotty critic am applying highbrow criteria that cannot and should not be applied to good old undemanding blockbuster entertainment.

    Mark Kermode: How to make an intelligent blockbuster and not alienate people 2011

  • Actor-filmmaker Kenneth Branagh, best known directorially for his Shakespearean flicks like Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing, is helming the flick.

    Thor Updates | CurveHouse.com 2010

  • It's worth noting that nobody (myself included) has experienced these productions as cognitively dissonant, or somehow trying to directorially inject a note of bleak despair.

    We'll Meet Again Matthew Guerrieri 2007

  • It's worth noting that nobody (myself included) has experienced these productions as cognitively dissonant, or somehow trying to directorially inject a note of bleak despair.

    Archive 2007-05-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007

  • So, directorially, to create that environment, that atmosphere, to really transport audiences, was a directorial challenge, but a fun one.

    CNN Transcript May 15, 2009 2009

  • I wanted to get that sexuality into the story and the humor of David Frost, and then directorially actually making those scenes as intense and sort of violent -- in a way, you know, we're exchanging close-ups and words for special effects and gunshots.

    CNN Transcript Feb 14, 2009 2009

  • I wrote in the book that, internally at the studio, the shorts program is not just about the final product, but it also fulfills other goals at Pixar such as developing artistic talent both directorially and in other departments and serves as a playground for trying out new technical developments.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Mike 2009

  • How difficult a shoot was "Angels & Demons" directorially?

    CNN Transcript May 15, 2009 2009

  • You break it down, show why it works directorially and from a writing standpoint, and explain what the tricks in each scene are.

    Postcards from Heaven Dan Gordon 2008

  • That's why, for the most part, McCarey's decision to lay low directorially is a wise one, and the Marx Brothers are able to take center stage as they fire off their best material.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Ed Howard 2008

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