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DIRECTING

DIRECTING. Form Function. THE DIRECTOR. Interpreter Creator Benevolent dictator All knowing Writer, adapter Budget conscious Organized. AESTHETICS I. Function Why something is expressed Form How something is expressed Content What is expressed. AESTHETICS I I. Realism

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DIRECTING

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  1. DIRECTING Form Function

  2. THE DIRECTOR • Interpreter Creator • Benevolent dictator • All knowing • Writer, adapter • Budget conscious • Organized

  3. AESTHETICS I • Function • Why something is expressed • Form • How something is expressed • Content • What is expressed

  4. AESTHETICS I I • Realism • Content more than form • Close to reality as media allows • Modernism • Form more important than function • Illustrates emotion, not reality • Post Modernism • Content is most important • Audience participation

  5. VISUALIZATION • Framing • Composition • Continuity • Sequences

  6. FRAMING • Types of shots • XWS, LS, WS, MS, MCU • CU, XCU, 2-shot • Angles • POV, OS • Reverse angle • Low, high, angle • Overhead

  7. MOVEMENT • Stable, mobile, unstable • Pan, tilt, pedestal • Dolly, truck, arc • Crane, boom • Aerial, body mount • Zoom

  8. COMPOSITION I • Aspect ratio • 3 x 4 • 9 x 16 • Essential-critical area • 10% rule • Rules of thirds • Symmetry, asymmetry • Closure, cut-off points

  9. COMPOSITION I I • Nose-look-move room • Depth-perspective • X, Y, Z axis • Moving shots, apparent movement • Scale-shape • Image quality

  10. TRANSITIONS • Take-cut • Fade- dissolve - super • Wipe-split screen • Special effects • Keys, mattes • Blue screen • Digital effects

  11. SCENE CONSTRUCTION • Shot-Sequence-Scene • Continuity • Pace, rhythm • Time control • Directionality • 180 degree rule

  12. SOUND & IMAGE INTERACTION • On vs. off screen • Communitive vs. actual • Synch vs. non-synch • Parallel vs. contrapuntal • Matching Pix to Sound • Matching Sound to Pix

  13. PRE-PRODUCTION PLANNING • Director follows shooting script p. 134 • Storyboards, shot lists • Director decides framing, transitions • OFF-SET before studio • With TD & LD/DC’s advice/approval

  14. PRODUCTION COORDINATION • Meetings • Casting • Rehearsals • Blocking p. 139 • Performers • Camera

  15. MULTIPLE CAMERA DIRECTING I • Advance planning critical • Can’t back up and restart • Viewing 2-5 cameras simultaneously • Calling all shows, audio • Maintain timing, pacing, running time • Precision Back timing

  16. MULTIPLE CAMERA DIRECTING I I • Switcher p. 142 • Busses-program, preview, mix/effects • Switching • On command from director • Command of preparation-ready/stand-bye • Command of execution-same order

  17. SINGLE CAMERA DIRECTING I • Film or video • Careful advance planning • Freedom to change during production • Efficiency critical • Shooting sequence • Most expensive, then cheaper • WS, groups, individual • Cut-aways, cut-ins

  18. SINGLE CAMERA DIRECTING I I • Script marking p. 143 • Shooting ratios • Difference in calls • Stand-bye • Roll, (Wait) • Slate • Action • Cut (only by director)

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