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* Figures are very small; cannot make out features.
* Figures are very small; cannot make out features.
* Establishing shot with a little more focus on character.
* Little emotion
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Revision as of 00:22, 20 February 2018

Overview

Instructor: David Chlystek

Introductory videos

How You Pitch For a Movie at Pixar (From Monsters’ University)

Takeaway: It’s necessary to generate emotion; the audience has to feel something.

“Intro to Storyboarding”—Rocketjump Film School

Assignment

Break down a scene from a favorite movie. (Badlands)

Composition

Negative space around characters draws attention. (TODO: insert illustration)

Eye Trace—thinking about where the eye moves from scene to scene—don’t jump around.

Public vs private compositions suggest the audience’s relationship with what is in the frame.

Frame within frame creates unease or tension by boxing in the characters within the frame.

Think of ways to convey emotion without relying on cutting from characters speaking dialog.

The “5 C’s” of cinemaphotography

  1. Camera Angles
    Upshot, downshot, wide, close, etc. “Dutch tilt,” i.e. camera tilted relative to horizon
  2. Continuity i.e. “hook ups”
  3. Cutting i.e. editing
  4. Composition
  5. Close-Ups
“Directing—The Fine Art of Blocking and Composition”, Dan Fox

Types of Compositions/Shots

Extreme Long (or Wide) Shot

  • Can barely make out figures—they are specks in the landscape
  • Establishing shot
  • Very little emotion

Wide Shot

  • Figures are very small; cannot make out features.
  • Establishing shot with a little more focus on character.
  • Little emotion