Directing The Prince of Egypt: lessons from Simon Wells, Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner
Director Simon Wells, Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner talks through The Prince of Egypt 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 The Prince of Egypt means translating intention into a schedule. Simon Wells, Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner 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 1: Simon Wells, Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner on The Prince of Egypt
- → EP 2: Mairzee Almas on Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
- → EP 9: Bo Welch on The Cat in the Hat
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Original Kingdom of Dreams craft take based on our conversation with Simon Wells, Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner (EP 1). Not a reprint of any single article.