John and Craig offer advice to a director taking the plunge, with guidance on both getting the work done and getting the performances you want. From there, we segue into a discussion of the Perfect Director, the next installment of our Perfect series.
We also pay a visit to the Logic Police, whose notes are often frustrating but sometimes correct.
But we couldn’t not talk about the messed-up situation with The Interview and North Korea. It’s a terrible precedent, but the mistake is putting the blame on any one studio. Without coordinated group action, it’s only going to get worse.
Links:
* [Sony cancels The Interview release after theaters pull out](http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/17/7412393/sony-cancels-the-interview-release-after-theaters-pull-out)
* [Interesting Ball](http://vimeo.com/110808221) by [DANIELS](http://www.danieldaniel.us/)
* [Skype Translator](http://www.skype.com/en/translator-preview/)
* [Outro](http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros) by Scriptnotes listener Brandon S Meyers ([send us yours!](http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed))
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**UPDATE 12-29-14:** The transcript of this episode can be found [here](http://johnaugust.com/2014/scriptnotes-ep-176-advice-to-a-first-time-director-transcript).