While Coney's show had a level of open-endedness, there were still actors and directors shaping the audience's decisions towards a definite conclusion.
Still in print today, "The Studio" is a permanent freeze frame of Hollywood on the brink of generational change, just before it was overrun by a new crop of young directors shaped by the 60's.
"'Shape the future' is about economic development, leveraging information and communication technology ("ICT") for lifelong learning," according to Joice Fernandes, Worldwide Senior Director, Shape the Future, Microsoft Corp.
David Robertson, the St . Louiss music director, shaped "Canyons" with a sure hand.
As an actor he became a director, shaping the character Jean Renoir assigned him in "Grand Illusion" by dressing himself in an ornate uniform, a black armband and a neck brace and decorating his quarters with riding crops, a Champagne bucket and a potted geranium ("the only flower in the fortress").
"To hold the audience's attention with just one guy on-screen is really about how the director shapes the story," he said.
While taking stock of 2013 Oscar nominations and keeping score on the night of the awards themselves, bear in mind how a great director shaped his story of freedom from a place that once stood in its blood-soaked way.
He looked unwell, but more notable was that he mentioned the idea of The Fall continuing without him as a front person; that he would act almost like a behind-the scenes director, shaping the band without vocally contributing onstage.
End of Watch Writer David Ayer (Training Day) turned director shapes the daily lives of two L.A. cops characters well and works wonders with their smart-mouthed, quick-witted repartee giving lead actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña (Tower Heist) a large canvas to paint their personas.
Their rise has been based on capturing a uniquely British rage – against politicians, breakfast cereals, hipsters, the smug rich, unpleasant toilets, annoying people on buses; anything, really – and directors Nathan Hannawin and Paul Sng shape their documentary around the group's UK tour earlier this year, positing them as the authentic political response of the underclass to "austerity Britain".
