SUMMARY
Role: Director
Intention (SMART Goal)
By May 10th as a part of team 4, I will have successfully explored strong and weak actor movements by using, the Film Blocking Tutorial by Studio Binder.
PRE-PRODUCTION – INQUIRY
Leader(s) in the Field / Exemplary Work(s)
Stanley Kubrick : https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000040/
Example of Stanley Kubrick’s Mise en Scene:
Stanley Kubrick was an extremely picky director. He would film a single shot for hours until he got the shot exactly how he wanted it.
“Kubrick supposedly did not “print anything until at least the 35th take”. Duvall’s role was extremely tiresome as she would have to run around, carrying Lloyd, crying and screaming for 35 takes. ” (Duvall played Wendy Torrence in The Shining). He would except nothing but perfect in his movies.
Training Source(s)
NOTES
What is blocking 0:27
The 3 elements of blocking 0:37
Space 0:50
Example of contrast, spacing, and depth 1:20
Shapes 1:27
How to play with emotions with shapes 1:45
Example of shape blocking 2:00
Lines 2:30
Example of lines 2:37
Subtext/Contrast 3:40
Project Timeline
- Pre planning: April 22nd
- Script: April 25th
- Rehearsal & other film setup nonsense: April 27
- Filming: May 3rd
- Editing: May 6th
- Slideshow: May 10th
Proposed Budget
None
PRODUCTION – ACTION
The (FILM, SOUND, or GAME Creation)
Skills Commentary
In this session I focused on learning blocking and actor emotion. Before filming some shots, I made sure the team knew how I thought how the scene should look with blocking. I also collaborated with the cinematographer to help make the films blocking look good. Making the characters have certain emotions was very important to the film and I think that the end result finished well.
POST-PRODUCTION – REFLECTION
21st Century Skills
Ways of Thinking (Creativity, Innovation, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving)
This session, me and my team tried to make the longest film any of us have ever tried to make before. The filming was going fine for the first few scenes, but unfortunately, all of our teammates that had the roles that were the most important during post production, caught covid. So the remaining 3 of us edited, made music, got adr/sfx, and finished the film.
Ways of Working (Communication & Collaboration)
I learned how to communicate with my team when they needed it most. I helped out a lot with the sound and ADR in post. I set up the microphone, got room tone audio, and gave opinions with the music throughout the film. I also made the outro animation for the film in Adobe After Effects.
Tools for Working (Info & Media Literacy)
Trello, Adobe After Effects, Youtube
Ways of Living in the World (Life & Career)
I learned how to fill in for people when people are missing. I also learned how to communicate with my team in the most of unlikely scenarios.
Reactions to the Final Version
“The film was a bit inconsistent because people were wearing different clothes in different scenes” -August
“The music and outro tied the film together” -Bree
“Try better acting” -Someone
Self-Evaluation of Final Version
I think that our film ended alright. I know the film could have been better, but due to covid, some of our teammates were not here during the post-production cycle. Our editor, sound designer, and composer, were all out because of covid. So me, the screen writer, and cinematographer took it upon ourselves to finish the film.
Grammar and Spelling
Grammarly
Editor
Casey