Directing Flight of the Navigator: The Real Story: lessons from Randal Kleiser
Director Randal Kleiser talks through Flight of the Navigator: The Real Story Behind It on Kingdom of Dreams: how to lead a set, protect performances, and make day-of choices when time and weather disagree with the shot list.
Directing Flight of the Navigator: The Real Story Behind It means translating intention into a schedule. Randal Kleiser describes the human side of that translation: talking to actors, choosing when to move on, and keeping the crew pointed at the same verb for the scene.
Steal one habit from this episode: decide what must be true at the end of the scene, then reverse-engineer coverage that can prove it.
Go deeper on Kingdom of Dreams
- → EP 74: Randal Kleiser on Flight of the Navigator: The Real Story Behind It
- → EP 76: Sophie Lanfear on s
- → EP 72: Simon Wells on The Time Machine H.G Wells Movie Exclusive Interview With Di
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Original Kingdom of Dreams craft take based on our conversation with Randal Kleiser (EP 74). Not a reprint of any single article.