‘Society of the Snow,’ ’Rings of Power’ Director J.A. Bayona Doesn’t ‘Separate’ Movies and TV: ‘There Is Only One Way of Telling a Story Right’
variety.comJamie Lang At this year’s Mipcom, where Spain is the Country of Honor, Spanish director J.A. Bayona (“Society of the Snow,” “The Impossible”) hosted a masterclass in which he talked about inspiration, anchoring his stories in a moment and the importance of improvisation.
Early on, Bayona was asked to talk through his creative process, from picking a project to writing to filming and everything in between.
According to the director, the first step is finding something that resonates with him and anchoring everything else he does to that point. “I need to feel a connection to a feeling idea that resonates with me.
That’s something that, if it’s strong enough, will last the process of making a film, which is a very long and sometimes painful process.
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