The director is best though of as the conductor of the film orchestra. He or she will direct all the heads of department in order to realise her or his vision, which is inspired by the screenplay. The director must develop creative collaborations with key personnel. The… Production Designer (Costume, Props, Set, Hair & Make-Up) […]
Film Sequence – Preproduction
Choose your group’s screenplay: Choose a screenplay which has: Action lines which will help actors & directors A clear build up and climax A subplot character who is different from the main Once you have chosen the screenplay allocate… The Production Roles: Director Production Designer Cinematographer Editor Sound Designer (Foley) Sound Designer (Music) Planning The […]
Screenwriting 101
Lessons from the Screenplay Lessons learnt… Action lines (in the script) give the scene a sense of atmosphere. They also give actors and directors guidance about their characters and the tone of the scene. The last line is the point of the scene. Funnel the scene down to its final point of crisis or tension. […]
Screenplay Format
One of the things you need to learn is how to correctly format a screenplay. The rules we are going to follow are set down in this section from a book on screenwriting, called ‘On Screenwriting’ by Freddie Gaffney. Here is a section from this book, which sets out the standard rules for a screenplay […]
Advanced Cinematography Practice
The creative intention for the week ‘To develop my cinematography skills and practice advanced techniques which can be used for expressive meaning in film.’ Session 1 – Filming with Canon DSLR cameras Menu & Settings Setting the White Balance Grid display rule of thirds / composition Auto and Manual Focus Recording Mode – (movie rec […]
Editing in Premiere
Tutorial A really helpful video that will teach your most of what you need to know about Premiere in 20 Minutes:
Recording Asynchronous Sound
Creative Intention Record and sync high quality dialogue in a scene using the boom, shot gun mic and sound recorder. Here is the sequence, from 4.49 until the end. Here is the script We will be filming on one camera from two angles and recording using a shotgun mic, external recorder and boom. We will sync […]
Sound in Film
We have already done some basic exploration of sound when we did the foley sound exercise. This week we are going to go into much more detail in terms of how to describe sound in film and analyse the meaning communicated. You will be completing an analysis for independent study. Terms You need to be […]
Introduction to Editing
Editing, the connectives in Film Language Think of cut as connectives in a sentence…. …so, and, then, but, however, meanwhile… How then does does editing create meaning if it’s just simple links in the film? Well first of all, the edit constructs the meaning in the minds of the audience. Introducing… …The Kuleshov Effect […]
Batman – Final Essay
Task – A textual analysis essay. Essay title Complete a textual analysis of the denouement of The Dark Knight and answer the following question. ‘Analyse and evaluate the representation of Batman in the final scene of the The Dark Knight (2008) Nolan.’ You should use specific examples of mise-en-scene and cinematography to discuss how Nolan […]