Keyword: «directing»

The paper reveals the importance of romance in cinema as a syncretic action and art. The value of romance is in the unity of the living Russian word shaped with natural singing human voice, infinitely varied and individually unique.

The article is devoted to the analysis of the work of a famous Japanese director Makoto Shinkai. The author analyzes Shinkai's approach to the creation of his works, the main accents and ways of their im-plementation, as well as the main distinguishing features of Makoto Shinkai's works, their signs and symbol-ism.