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Session 1 with Pavel Prokopic

Written by: Mo Al-Kaf | Posted on: | Category: Theory

In This session we Discuss in detail different roles with-in a a production team and what it takes to make to put everything together to make meaning out of a scene.

What makes a scene

  • The visual style and atmospher, so the emotion that comes through the story.
  • All choices are made creativity. Mease-un-Scene.
  • A single scene every good seem something is changes.
  • So the story evolves scene by scene.
  • Engaging
    • There are certain strategies That help to hook people in and not let me be bored.
      • Drama always interesting an engaging when something happens to the charactor.
  • Dramatic tone
  • Treatment
    • Most traditional drama:
      • Contains some sort of conflicts
  • reaching an Equilibrium of conflict.
  • Camera technique and style.
    • Shot Rever shot - important
    • The camera is the fourth wall with in a scene,
      • But in film the camera can be anywhere.
  • 180 degree rule
    • Camera should not cross a line, it will look jarring and change the continuty of subjects with in a scene.
  • 45 Degree rule
    • Cutting between camera if the angle is too small will not look like a natural cut.
      • Example: Two different cuts, the angle between two shots is less that 45 Degree, it is noticible by the viewer and my lead to uncomfortable viewing.
  • Blocking
    • rehearsing the scene to understand the position of equipment, camera, lighting, etc. so there are no issues of day of filming.
    • Moving of actors, position of movement, there are no accident.
  • Original ideas on discussed and/ or paper do not always work in practice.

Actor

  • Listen
  • Be in the moment
  • If u cant remember the line, there is pressure.
  • U can do a lot of take of the same scene.

Focus Length

  • Zoom lens is gradual change of focus length From giving a wide shot covering a lot of things.
    • Most neutral 50mm lens such as the eye.
  • Depth of Flight

Scene Analysis

Blade runner

  • The camera constantly moving in. With each shot cut .
    • Start with close up,
  • moving usuing a Crane
  • Misty background
  • It is used to establishing the flight between the interviewee and interviewer
  • Tense, sound played a role
  • an Establishing shot to know the room is in the building.
  • Camera zooms into the face of characters to show there change of emotion.
  • Dutch angel - perspective not aligned.

Roles for the Project

  • Actor PD
  • Camera
  • Actor/ Producer
  • Camera man
  • Criteria