As a director, you are the creative center that motivates a team that helps you realize your creative promises while respecting a shooting schedule and budget.
You arrive prepared with a well-developed idea and visualization of the film backed by a shot list and/or storyboard. With these tools, you communicate your vision to others who are essential to getting your film made.
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Build Your Film Shot List Like A Pro
If you don’t know where to begin building your shot list, you need to get a read on the emotional content of your material. ..
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Scene Coverage: You Can’t Film It All
Scene coverage in film means filming a scene from many angles to get enough shots for the editor, but an entire scene on each angle burns up time and
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Six Transition Points For Seamless Edits
As you plan your shot list for scene coverage, also visualize the transition points (cutting points) between the shots as well.
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Screen Continuity
Screen Direction Axis of Action, Imaginary Line, 180 Degree Rule – if there’s one argument on the set with repeat-offender status, it’s often over screen direction –
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Continuity Editing – When Shots Don’t Match
What could be a frightful continuity error for a newbie editor, is a fresh challenge for a pro editor to solve – “Focus on the eyes.”
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“Don’t Do a Short! Don’t Do a Short Film!”
The long and the ‘short’ of it with Two-Day Film School guru Dov Simens who insists, “Don’t do a short! It’s so dumb!”~