Directing

Actions & Objectives Script Breakdown Beats Given Circumstances

The Job of the Director

Shooting Script Mise-en-scene Blocking Coverage

Directing Actors

Mise-en-scene
The arrangement of everything that appears in the framing actors, lighting, dcor, props, costume. The frame and camerawork also constitute the mise-en-scne of a movie. The director sits down with set designers, prop masters, location managers, costume designers, scenic artists and the producer to determine the look and feel intended. It is the result of the collaboration of many professionals.

Shooting Script
The director alters the writers script as they see fit and eventually craft the shooting script. The shooting script is normally broken into BEATS -- shots, featuring precise cinematography terminology such as CUs, dolly-in, crane, overexposed, handheld The director informs the crew what is going on Before the production dates the shooting script is transformed into a storyboard and then divided into dates and sequences and shot lists so that everyone knows what is going on and when

Blocking
Blocking a film involves the precise synchrony and movement of the actors in relation to camera, sound and lights. The director is the one responsible for blocking. They must guide the cast to accommodate their vision for the arrangement or composition of the frame. The more trained actors are during blocking, the faster principal photography will be. Rehearsals help enormously Floor plans and storyboards are often combined for a faster process but also to help the crew visualise everything needed for the shoot to happen.

Coverage
The initial recording of a scene is usually done with a MASTER SHOT, a shot wide enough to capture the action in its entirety. But screening the whole scene from a single wide shot would be boring, not to mention all the detail that would be missed. crafting a film involves recording a scene from different camera angles using different shot sizes to emphasize important elements. This use of subsequent camera setups is known as coverage. Coverage is important to keep things dynamic and exciting within the scene, but also to ease the editing process. More coverage is better than less Dynamic coverage is better than dull and overly simplified CUs, ECU, Mid Shots, Inserts

Coverage
It is one of the directors tasks to create a SHOT LIST thereby defining the coverage. Before principal photography starts, the director should know where the camera will be and what or who it will shoot. A movie with poor coverage always feels awkward, for it usually impedes the editor

Triangle System

Triangle Principal