Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Directing actors


To get the actors comfortable, if it is a couple

Make them stand facing each other looking at each other for 2 – 5 minutes, see how chemistry builds at a distance of 3 feet

If not working every time they start laughing make them get closer to each other, till their noses are touching, n then watch what happens

Thursday, May 24, 2012

eclipse in usa 2012 may 20th




time for the eclipse pictures to show up I guess, not using a IR filter , managed to get a bunch of IR radiation too

Thursday, May 17, 2012

shooting a film and working with coverage

my body is mine a short film
101 40 mm master 2.8 standard MS 2 shot
101a 24mm coverage 2.8 standard( lil higher) Dirty girl
101b 35mm coverage 2.8 standard( lil higher) Dirty girl
101b 35mm coverage 2.8 standard( little lower) dirty guy
101c 24mm c 2.4 on floor, wide LS 2 shot
201 24 c on floor, MS Guy on floor- girls feet
201a 29 Coverage 2.4 baby stand LS girl wakes up
201b 24 c baby stand LS girl goes to closet , guys there
201c 40 c standard MS girl goes to closet , guys there
201d 75 Coverage standard CU girl goes to closet , guys there
301 35 master baby wide 2 shot wide 2 shot
301a 75 c standard MS dirty coverage
301b 75 c standard MS dirty coverage
301c 75 c standard CU dirty coverage
401 72 m standard CU 2 shot



this is the shot breakdown

Friday, May 11, 2012

Sound in movies


Movies that deal with sound in an interesting manner



Movie - M Fritz Lang1931

Synecdoche – Use part of something to denote something full,

Eg: saying 25 springsinstead of saying 25 Years.



DIGEntic - the fictional universe that the story constructs,and we accept
(The character can’t hear it usually)

Voice of 3rd person is NON-Diegetic
Background music is Non Diegetic.

M- wild at heart 1990
M – One from the heart. 1982 By Francis ford cappola

M – Wings of desire 1987 Wim Wember
M - Thin red line

Sometimes lack of sound tells a story
M- the kids are all right 2010, Lisa cholodenko

Internal sound over
M – The Pianist 2002 Romen Polanski
M – Alice 1990 Woody Allen

M- Burnt by the sun 1994, Nikita Makalkov
M – The informer, 1935 John Ford

Music like wallpaper helps narrative continuity helps coverEditing (so it makes fluid continuity)

Music is used as a narrative:
M- The Scarlett Express 1934 Joseph Von Sternberg
M – Charlie Chaplin 1931 City Lights
M Blue Velvet 1986

THE STATEMENT OF SOUND FILM 1928 - BY ALEXANDROV,EISENSTEIN, PUDOVKIN

A conceptual use of sound in the direction of a distinct NON-Synchronizationwith a visual

M - the shining

Spoof of NON-Diegetic

M – High Anxiety 1978 Mel brooks


M – Women is a women by Jean Luc Goddard

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

whats with the new design

why are we always trying to change for the better , are we that scared of staying the way we are , whats with the perennial , lets do things different , anyway here is a movie, that explores it

https://vimeo.com/41863587

Thursday, May 3, 2012

developing short films


Actors in comedy should not be smirking or laughing, they should let the audience laugh 

Casting agency to use in  CAZT . com

Do character breakdown before you post in catz.

VIZ.

  Abe – 40 – 50 male, balding wants to carve a pumpkin but cant get a pumpkin
Beth – 30 tall, sexy, she has pumpkin but will not trade it,


Carl – 40, male, tall fat, is abes best pal, and hates beth, but loves to carve Pumpkin.

Another good agency is LA is Nowcasting.com


when you are writing scripts focus on :


what's the central conflict ?


What is character committing to ?