Week 5
CINEMA
CINEMA AND PERFORMANCE
WEEK 5 PROJECT
THINK VISUAL !
Create a short scene with 2 people - 12 shots/ 2 minutes
Storyboard the scene then film or photograph
Shoot on a camera or phone
Consider:
Interior or exterior
Monochrome or colour
Use available light or single source
Consider:
Narrative - dramatic arc
Significant moments
Mood and atmosphere
The process:
Staging: how actors relate to the space within the frame
Lens choice
Camera position
Wide shots, close shots, static, mobile
Bring together elements from the previous exercises
Light and shadow
Character & context
Composition
Colour or Black & White
Reference:
Directors: Fellini, Antonioni, Jean -Luc Godard, Agnes Varda, Martin Scorcese, Spike Lee, Steve McQueen, Wim Wenders, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Wells, Jane Campion, Mike Leigh, Sally Potter, Wong Kar -Wai, Haiffa Al-Mansour.
Cinematographers: Vittorio Storaro, Conrad Hall, Greg Tolland, Agnes Godard, Chris Doyle, Nancy Schreiber, Polly Morgan, Freddie Francis, Nina Kellgren, Dick Pope, Ernest Dickerson, Shabier Kirchner, Kira Kelly.
