Director is one of the biggest roles on any film or TV programme. The person hired to deliver a vision, and get the best out of their cast and crew in order to bring the script to life. Working with actors and capturing performance is key; how does that change when your key performer is a clay sheep? Animation director Richard Starzak (Shaun The Sheep) sat down with live action TV director Richard Laxton (Him & Her, Burton and Taylor) to talk about capturing performance, onscreen storytelling and being worried you might get ‘caught out’.