Directing the Narrative and Shot Design: The Art and Craft of Directing

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This book is a “directing-altering book” as it provides high-quality learning resources that encourage and challenge film enthusiasts, aspiring directors, film students, and professionals to strive for new levels of excellence and impact in their film directing, television directing, and new media directing. This book puts forward a well-informed and innovative discussion of critical director’s choices that have not previously been considered by existing texts on film and television directing. This book presents a wide range of directorial concepts and directing exercises that include: • Psycho-physiological regularities in left-right/right-left orientation transferred to a shot design. How directors can manipulate the viewer’s perception of a character and of the journey they are on using screen direction. • Methodology and visual strategy for rendering a scene based on character perspective. • The directorial concept of emotional manipulation. • Demystifying the 180-degree rule. Contents Preface Acknowledgement Prologue About This Book Part I: Directorial Concepts Chapter 1: Director Chapter 2: Visual Concept Chapter 3: Concept Of Visual Units Chapter 4: Manipulating Film Time Chapter 5: Controlling Space 5.1. Flat Space 5.1.1. Staging On Line 5.1.2. Moving Camera 5.1.3. Moving Actors 5.1.4. Shallow Depth Of Field 5.2. Deep Space 5.2.1. Staging In Depth 5.2.2. Moving Camera 5.2.3. Moving Actors 5.2.4. Deep Depth Of Field 5.2.5. Selective Focus Shallow Depth Of Field 5.2.6. Planer Staging Chapter 6: Blocking Strategies 6.1. Blocking On Line 6.2. Blocking In Depth 6.3. Shot-reverse Shot Pattern 6.5. Accompanying The Emotions Pattern 6.6. Integral Shot Chapter 7: Multiple-character Scene 7.1. Safety Of Three Walls Fixedness In Screen Direction 7.2. Safety Of Three Walls Alternation Of The Screen Direction 7.3. Challenging The Fourth Wall Fixedness In Screen Direction 7.4. Challenging The Fourth Wall Alternation Of The Screen Direction 7.5. Blocking In 360-degree Space Alternation Of The Screen Direction Chapter 8: Demystifying The 180-degree Rule – Crossing The Line 180-degree Rule 8.2. Crossing The Line With A Sight Of Player 8.3. Crossing The Line With A Neutral Shot – Nondirectional Shot 8.4. Crossing The Line With A Neutral Shot – Wide Shot 8.5. Crossing The Line By Intercutting The Headon Shot And Tail-away Shot 8.6. Crossing The Line By Shooting An In-between Shot On The Line 8.7. Crossing The Line With A Bridge Shot (cutaway Shot) 8.8. Crossing The Line By Keeping Both Players In Frame 8.9. Montage Sequence 8.10. Crossing The Line By Crossing The Camera Axis 8.11. Crossing The Line To Cause A Disorienting Effect, Spatial Disorientation, Or Character’s Disorientation Chapter 9: Concept Of Character Perspective 9.1. Frame Composition 9.2. Physical Size 9.3. Depth Of Field 9.4. Lenses 9.5. Lines 9.6. Ots 9.7. POV SHOT 9.8. Lighting 9.9. Camera Movement 9.10. Color 9.11. Costume 9.12. Visual Weight 9.13. Distorted Image Chapter 10: Concept Of Storyteller’s Perspective Chapter 11: Emotional Manipulation/emotional Design Chapter 12: Psycho-physiological Regularities In Leftright Right-left Orientation 12.1. Protagonist Vs. Antagonist 12.2. Dominant Vs. Submissive 12.3. Sympathetic Vs. Unsympathetic 12.4. Directionality Of Movement 12.5. Pursuing Goals And Objectives 12.6. Returning Home 12.7. History Of The Story 12.8. Future Of The Story 12.9. Character Contemplates The Past 12.10. Character Contemplates The Future Chapter 13: Directorial-dramaturgical Analysis Chapter 14: Director’s Book Chapter 15: Previsualization Part II: Studios – Directing Exercises Chapter 16: I. Studio – Application Of Genre Conventions Chapter 17: Ii. Studio – Blocking In Depth Chapter 18: Iii. Studio – Blocking In 360-degree Space Chapter 19: Iv. Studio – Modeling Character Perspective Chapter 20: V. Studio Alternation In Storyteller’s Perspective Chapter 21: Vi. Studio Externalizing/physicalizing Inner State Of Mind Of The Character Chapter 22: Vii. Studio Harmonious Portrait And Discordant Portrait Part III: Video Assignments Chapter 23: Self-portrait Chapter 24: Video-study Of Character Chapter 25: Video-study Of Place Chapter 26: Photoscript Chapter 27: Video-storyboard One Scene Two Ways Of Approaching Chapter 28: Short Live Action Narrative Film Part IV: Studio Scripts Part V: Quiz, Tests, Charts, Templates Epilogue Photo Album About The Author Index