{"id":48641,"date":"2018-06-25T11:54:43","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T18:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=48641"},"modified":"2018-06-25T11:55:30","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T18:55:30","slug":"frakes-going-to-directors-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2018\/06\/frakes-going-to-directors-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Frakes – Going To Director’s School"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Next Generation<\/em>‘s Jonathan Frakes<\/strong> spoke about why he wanted to be a director and how he went about becoming one.<\/p>\n

Early on in The Next Generation<\/em>, the actor realized that his thoughts were on the directing aspect of making a show. “I think it happened very early in the first season,” he said. “I had done a lot of guest spots, and I always was attracted to, admired, hung around, and watched, and I was curious about the directing position.”<\/p>\n

Frakes began with watching the directors do their work when he was not being filmed at the moment. “So, if I was between scenes, not working, I would take my fricking spacesuit off, hang out and watch,” he said. “That was interesting to me. I’ve always been kind of a set brat. In the beginning of season two I voiced an interest to Rick <\/strong>(Berman<\/strong>) about directing, and I could feel his eyes roll.”<\/p>\n

But Berman, who was also friends with Frakes, gave him a chance. “You’re gonna have to eventually train up,” he told the actor. “You don’t know anything about editing.”<\/p>\n

“So, when I was at work,” said Frakes, “I stayed on the set and observed the directors. When I was not working, I’d come into Paramount<\/em> and spend time in either the editing room, or pre-production, or, my favorite part, the scoring.”<\/p>\n

Frake’s first episode was The Offspring<\/em>. “I have been so lucky my whole life,” he said, “and blessed. On episodic television, you are at the whim of the episode. We did twenty-six a year. They’re not all going to be home runs. There are going to be some real stinkers. When I got The Offspring<\/em>, it was a scheduling situation, because I was light in the episode before it, so that I had time to prep. I had finally; I think by virtue of persistence, broken Rick down…it was a Data episode. I\u2019d say your batting average with Data episodes is as high as with any character.”<\/p>\n

Frakes is grateful to Berman for giving him a chance. “Rick specifically changed my life by allowing me, and encouraging me, and supporting me as a director,” he said. “If it wasn’t for him, you and I wouldn’t be having this conversation.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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