Joris Ivens´ reminders to Wang Te-cheng (camera) 
for EARLY SPRING (aka „Letters from China”, China, 1958):

direction
color
close-ups
standpoint of camera
natural action
earth is a star
in case of doubt 2 shots
reference shots
background action
buds
early light
footage-alert!
what have we shot (already)?
birds-ducks?
yellow flowers (first sign in spring)
develop (quantities of) green in shots
color surprises
not romantic. hard work.
no spring yet!
clouds.

(posted by Josef Lechner, via Benjamin)