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Introduction to Film. Directing. Director. Job Responsibilities: Turn the writer’s screenplay into a motion picture Deliver that motion picture to the editor(s) Communicates with: Producers Cinematographer Principal talent. Director. Directors approve the following:
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Introduction to Film Directing
Director Job Responsibilities: • Turn the writer’s screenplay into a motion picture • Deliver that motion picture to the editor(s) • Communicates with: • Producers • Cinematographer • Principal talent
Director Directors approve the following: • Location and set design • Casting • Sound & Music They create the shot list: • A list containing all scenes and the shots needed to make the film
Directing Misperceptions • The director is the boss • Directors tell the actors what to do • The director is behind the camera • Directors are slobs
Storyboarding Graphic organizers, such as a series of illustrations or images, displayed in sequence for the purpose of previsualizing a motion picture
Storyboarding • Example: • The Fellowship of the Ring • Directed by Peter Jackson
Mise-en-scene • Translation: Put on stage or set • Originally applied to theater • Director accounts for everything that will appear in the shot
Mise-en-scene • Production Design • Color • Lighting • Actors’ performance(s) • Framing • Sound
Production Design • Sets, Props, & Costumes • Example: • Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Color • Use of color(s) for emotion or symbolism • Examples: • The Sixth Sense • Pleasantville
Lighting • Color, amount of, type, and positioning of lights • Examples: • Film Noir • Blade Runner • Hard Boiled
Actor’s Performance • Casting, make up, blocking (movement) • Example: • Any Tom Cruise movie
Framing • Camera position (height & angle), depth of field, and aspect ratio • Examples: • The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Sound • Sound that comes from the scene (not added later) • Example: • Psycho
Mise-en-scene • Let’s see if you can find the elements of mise-en-scene in the opening sequence of The Fellowship of the Ring
Based on Ed Gein • “Dressed out” body of Bernice Worden • Skulls on corner posts of bed • Skullcaps as soup bowls • Lampshades made from skin • Chairs upholstered with skin • Socks made from flesh • “Woman suit”