Here's a category that doesn't get very much attention. My favorite in ENT was Robbie McNeil for Twilight.
* He took a great script and made it greater - he worked with the actors on choices that really helped this story stand out. Jolene gives an outstanding performance as a Vulcan who has emotion, and yet is competent and smart. Also Robbie suggested minor changes to the script that increased the complexity and enhanced the meaning. Instead of clarifying whether Archer and T'Pol have any feelings for each other, through subtly the audience for the most part gets to make up their own minds. In my opinion, few directors really took a script and made it better!
* I like the choice of tight camera angles and sad music in the story. They all work together to tell a tale of desperation. Even the low lighting - nice touch - is used well in the story -- it saves power (a written line) and adds to the depression and desperation everyone has.
* Special effects were good and yet didn't take over the show. Earth blowing up, people flying through space as the bridge is destroyed ... all these shots were great, but didn't stand out as the coolest thing that happened in the episode. Archer and T'Pol realizing the Bridge is gone is maybe more poignant than seeing dead bodies floating through space and knowing it's our beloved bridge crew.
* Costume and makeup. T'Pol looks beautiful, but is not forced into "hot babe gear." OMG - she wears a uniform competently and wears a loose-fitting outfit that looks comfortable in her elder Vulcan years as she plays caregiver. Tucker looks well-aged, just the right amount. Reed's mirror universe goatee is fun. More over, Hoshi isn't wearing the melon-head pony tail; she looks lovely and mature.
I think it's the director's job to bring everything together in harmony and Robbie does a brilliant job in Twilight. My only complaint would be Archer getting shot twice before dying, but to me that's such a tiny nitpick it doesn't detract from the show.
* He took a great script and made it greater - he worked with the actors on choices that really helped this story stand out. Jolene gives an outstanding performance as a Vulcan who has emotion, and yet is competent and smart. Also Robbie suggested minor changes to the script that increased the complexity and enhanced the meaning. Instead of clarifying whether Archer and T'Pol have any feelings for each other, through subtly the audience for the most part gets to make up their own minds. In my opinion, few directors really took a script and made it better!
* I like the choice of tight camera angles and sad music in the story. They all work together to tell a tale of desperation. Even the low lighting - nice touch - is used well in the story -- it saves power (a written line) and adds to the depression and desperation everyone has.
* Special effects were good and yet didn't take over the show. Earth blowing up, people flying through space as the bridge is destroyed ... all these shots were great, but didn't stand out as the coolest thing that happened in the episode. Archer and T'Pol realizing the Bridge is gone is maybe more poignant than seeing dead bodies floating through space and knowing it's our beloved bridge crew.
* Costume and makeup. T'Pol looks beautiful, but is not forced into "hot babe gear." OMG - she wears a uniform competently and wears a loose-fitting outfit that looks comfortable in her elder Vulcan years as she plays caregiver. Tucker looks well-aged, just the right amount. Reed's mirror universe goatee is fun. More over, Hoshi isn't wearing the melon-head pony tail; she looks lovely and mature.
I think it's the director's job to bring everything together in harmony and Robbie does a brilliant job in Twilight. My only complaint would be Archer getting shot twice before dying, but to me that's such a tiny nitpick it doesn't detract from the show.
