Introduction to Film
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Introduction to FilmDirecting
DirectorJob Responsibilities: Turn the writer’s screenplay into a
motion picture Deliver that motion picture to the
editor(s) Communicates with:
Producers Cinematographer Principal talent
DirectorDirectors 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
StoryboardingGraphic 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
1. Production Design2. Color3. Lighting4. Actors’ performance(s) 5. Framing6. 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
Psycho
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”