Introduction to FilmDirecting

Director

Job Responsibilities: Turn the writer’s screenplay into a

motion picture Deliver that motion picture to the

editor(s) Communicates with:

Producers Cinematographer Principal talent

Director

Directors approve the following: Location and set design Casting Sound & Music

They create the shot list: A list containing all scenes and the

shots needed to make the film

Directing Misperceptions

The director is the boss Directors tell the actors what to do The director is behind the camera Directors are slobs

Storyboarding

Graphic organizers, such as a series of illustrations or images, displayed in sequence for the purpose of previsualizing a motion picture

Storyboarding

Example: The Fellowship of the

Ring Directed by Peter

Jackson

Mise-en-scene

Translation: Put on stage or set Originally applied to theater Director accounts for everything that

will appear in the shot

Mise-en-scene

1. Production Design2. Color3. Lighting4. Actors’ performance(s) 5. Framing6. Sound

Production Design

Sets, Props, & Costumes Example:

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

Color

Use of color(s) for emotion or symbolism

Examples: The Sixth

Sense Pleasantville

Lighting

Color, amount of, type, and positioning of lights

Examples: Film Noir

Blade Runner Hard Boiled

Actor’s Performance

Casting, make up, blocking (movement)

Example: Any Tom Cruise movie

Framing

Camera position (height & angle), depth of field, and aspect ratio

Examples: The Lord of the

Rings Trilogy

Sound

Sound that comes from the scene (not added later)

Example: Psycho

Mise-en-scene

Let’s see if you can find the elements of mise-en-scene in the opening sequence of The Fellowship of the Ring

Psycho

Based on Ed Gein

“Dressed out” body of Bernice Worden

Skulls on corner posts of bed Skullcaps as soup bowls Lampshades made from skin Chairs upholstered with skin Socks made from flesh “Woman suit”