Random thoughts - Gordon Chater on directors

Gordon Chater was critical of early Australian television director which he called "the usual current 'feet, knees and in the distance pictures'. People watching TV are interested in people and close ups in Australia were hard to come by in the early days of Australian television." He contrasted this with London where agents would attend rehearsals to ensure their clients had good close up coverage. Indeed Chater declined to do a segment from a revue he was in "Around the Loop" because he knew it would be filmed in long shot and would not get the necessary laughs. Chater liked Ron Way, director of Mavis Bramston, because he had studied directing in America and would use close ups. Chater p 126