Name: Film Blocking Tutorial -Film making Techniques for Directors
Uploaded: 2020-05-24T07:14:14.000Z
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Does the idea of watching two people having a conversation sound exciting?

Adverbs of manner

You probably wouldn't pay money to see that.

that's what every movie and TV show boils down to.

How have so many filmmakers managed to make those conversations exciting?

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Film blocking is the precise staging of actors in a performance.

In terms of cinema, it's where you place your actors in the frame.

There are three visual elements of filmmaker should think about

you'll be able to block a scene between any subjects,

in a visually dynamic way that is loaded with subtext.

This scene opens with a boy playing in the snow.

The camera pulls out to reveal a tense conversation between adults.

The stakes of the scene are the boy - Charlie.

Who's framed carefully through the window

but dwarfed in size, due to his distance from the camera.

Take note of the way visual contrast is created in the space

Everything around us can be turned into one of these basic shapes.

The basic shapes come with certain emotional qualities and assumptions.

-Let's watch this scene from "Guardians of the Galaxy."

while important action is staged behind it.

and bear in mind the emotional connotations of each,

Be aware of the lines created in every shot,

Take a look at this scene from "The Godfather Part 2."

It plays out between a standing Michael - a vertical line.

Fredo could have been standing for the scene.

If he did, the power dynamics would have been potentially equal,

This film blocking creates visual tension between the two,

It also emphasizes who holds all the cards.

he flounders into an almost diagonal line.

Literally, attempting to change his shape.

Fredo goes back to his horizontal position,

So we've covered how shapes, lines and space

they're not going to make those dialogue scenes that profound.

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