The director shot the film in 21 days, and the "quickie" was a hit.

One particularly bad day, the director had shot sixteen takes of an important scene in a greenhouse.

Breen continued to refuse to approve the script up to July 17, when the director had already been shooting the film for two weeks.

The success of this method depends on how the director shot the movie.

"A separate director could have been shooting a different scene, while he was over- hauling this one."

The director shot the film in just 15 days.

The director shoots several minutes of extra footage to be used as test strips.

Most directors will shoot a wide shot, or "master," of each scene, and then film the close-ups.

When one top manager sought board room approval for an initiative, a director shot back that the plan was "a blinding flash of the obvious."