Advanced Blocking: 2 Day Filmmaking ... - Film Directing Tips

When you first start directing, blocking actors in a scene can be one of the hardest (and most embarrassing) parts of your job. If you get it wrong here, you could waste valuable shooting time trying to get out of the mess you created!

But like anything else in life, blocking takes practice and the more times you do it, the more comfortable you will become.

Blocking is simply working out the details of the actor?s moves in relation to the position of the camera. Because viewer emotion is the ultimate goal of each scene, how (and why) the actors move, and where you place the camera, involves knowing what emotion you want the audience to experience at any given moment.

Audiences today are very sophisticated and they will assume that every shot, movement or word of dialogue in a film is there to further the central idea. Therefore, each shot you use can either enhance or detract the audience?s understanding of what the scene is really about and what the characters are feeling.

To help you enhance your blocking skills, I have partnered with Raindance Canada again for another weekend workshop called Advanced Blocking on December 8 & 9, 2012 in Toronto, Canada.

This 2-day hands-on workshop concentrates on constructing shots and blocking actors in a scene and is designed for directors and actors who want to better understand the complicated process of scene analysis and blocking actors on set.

In this workshop you will also have the opportunity to participate in blocking a scene with professional actors and the scene will be?recorded to play back for discussion and review.

DAY ONE

1. Introduction
2. The Tools of a Director
3. The Tools of the Actor
4. The Actor/Director Relationship
5. Creative Script and Scene Analysis
6. Character Development and Analysis
7. The Psychology of Movement
8. Blocking and Staging Techniques
9. Practice: Blocking and Subtext Demo
10. Tips for Blocking and Staging a Scene
11. Tips for Working with Actors on Set.
12. Homework for Day Two

DAY TWO

1. Practice: Scene Presentations with Actors
2. Review Video of Scene Presentations
3. That?s a Wrap

?Who Should Take this Course

Film Directors, Screenwriters, Actors, Producers who want to more deeply understand the techniques directors use to create great shots and block scenes on set and directors and producers who wish to better understand how to communicate and work with actors.

For more information on how to register for this 2 day Advanced Blocking workshop, please contact Tiska or Jaimy at Raindance Canada.

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