Story Stuff
EDITING!
ZOMG LINES
Directing
Misc
100
Good plots have...
What is Strong context; with a clearly observed disruption in Status Quo, something that makes right now different than any other moment WHY TODAY? - Strong (not obvious) subtext - The ability to change the character’s emotional states - External conflict
100
what you need for every shot
What is - Does this move the story foreword? (Plot) - Does it show an emotional development to the character? (Story)
100
Types of lines
What is Straight Lines - Vertical Lines: think a tree or tower (can convey dignity, solemnity, and harmony) - Horizontal Line: “at rest”; often necessary to make vertical lines “feel” right; stability - Diagonals: create an impression of vitality and motion
100
Never...
What is Don’t EVER tell actors how you want them to say lines. Never play on emotion
100
Entrances, what works and what doesn't?
What is Works: - Clean/Clean - Dirty/Dirty Does not Work: - Clean/Dirty - Dirty/Clean
200
Listen to...
What is your character and your peers
200
Montage v Decoupage
What is Montage means “to assemble”; using pieces to create a whole Decoupage means to cut smaller parts and reassemble.
200
Name advanced lines
What is - Eyelines making lines “S” Curve: think “swirl of flames”; dignity, flowing, beauty - Curves: can connect two objects in the frame while allowing the eye to gently travel across the frame; suggests “grace” and “elegance” - Vanishing Point: where the background trials off into the distance; center of the frame, “calm”, off centered “anxiety” - Triangular Composition: occurs when the placement of the subjects (or group of elements themselves) from the shape of a triangle
200
Acting is...
What is reacting!
200
Enter...exit...
What is 1.Enter Late 2.Exit Early
300
Good storytellers....
What is - Take a Risk - Listen - Develop a unified Action Idea - Synthesize
300
Collison v Linkage
What is Collision vs Linkage Collision is “dialectical”; the conflict of two unrelated (by time and space) shots to synthesize a shot (ex. Kuleshov effect) Linkage: smooth, unnoticed editing; continuity editing
300
graphic vector
-what is created by a lone, or by an arrangement of, objects that guides our eyes in a certain direction (LINES!)
300
Script break down, what to do?
What is - Starting with the characters’ wants and needs, what in the scene propels action? - Identify each line’s specific, desired effect from other characters (CONFLICT!) - Give the talent action verbs to play, no “emotions” (Don’t just play it sexy) - Find the beats - changes in power and emotional awareness
300
Goals in a fine cut!
What is 1. Character Point of View 2. The Power struggle/emotional awareness 3. Timing/rhythm
400
Good characters have
What is - Dramatic Want and Need - Strong point of view/set of beliefs/what we believe is true truly is true. More fleeting than attitude. Mostly a response to the moment at hand hving been guided by the outcome of previous similar situations - Attitude or opinion. Much longer lasting. - Change; whether in wants or in self realization
400
The point of editing
What is - Create questions for the audience - Delay answers - Let answers create new questions
400
why storyboard?
What is - Direct the audience’s attention - What is left in the frame? What is excluded? Always add in The Essence to your storyboard
400
Quick fixes.
What is - Images - What if? - New action verbs - New goals - Say on thing, but do another - Physical activities - Stepping on each other’s lines (Double Speak)
400
Murch's rule of 6
What is 1. It Is Emotionally Appropriate (51%) 2. It moves the Story Foreword (23%) 3. Rhythm (10%) 4.Eye Trace (7%) 5. Two Dimensional Space (5%) 6. Three Dimensional Space (4%)
500
Explain story v plot
What is Character Development vs. Situation that Forces Character Development
500
Name and define all 5 types of montage
What is Montages Intellectual Montage is cutting to a geographical/temporally related objects to create a new idea; asks the audience member to think instead of emotionally react Metric Montage is making consecutive shots shorter to give emphasis on tension Rhythmic Montage is matching object shapes and direction of action from shot to shot Tonal Montage is creating an emotional change over the course of a scene Overtonal Montage is the combined effects of metric, rhythmic, and tonal montage (hybrid!!)
500
Cinematographic surprise! What to consider in cinamatography
What is Pulses - energies in and out of the frame Shot - basic building block of cinema Phrase - group of similar pulses Trajectory Phrasing - linking similar pulses into beats allowing for build and release
500
What is directing?
What is directing is deciding!
500
The pact
What is You vow to work harder in a classroom than you ever have. That you agree to set aside what you know, what you think you know, your ego, and that you accept that film school is best served by you accepting the fact that we are not given assignments, but rather opportunities
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