DIRECTING & PRODUCTION IN FILM
DIRECTING & PRODUCTION IN FILM
DIRECTING IN FILM
''A film director is a person who directs the making of a film. They control a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, and visualises the script while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision, the director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design, and the creative aspects of film-making''
FILM PRODUCTION
''Film tell a series of small important stories. Each carefully composed scene is framed, lit, and paced to bring meaning to the script. Every detail, from where the actors stand to the sound of rustling leaves, is the result of planning and cooperation'' -- ''bigfuture.collegeboard''
Having the chance to be able to direct & create my own film is great & since Since it's a film where it showcasing almost the everyday filmmakers life, there isn't much overall to direct because it's real however for some of the shots, I want to capture the true story & so parts I will have to direct to show how those things happened when they did, for example, I want to show someone editing footage, I have to direct them to do that. This allows me to build my knowledge on directing alongside my skills and confidence in doing so.
CINEMATOGRAPHY
WHAT IS CINEMATOGRAPHY?
''The art of photography and camerawork in film-making''
One of my all time favourite film maker & creators at Creative North made this video ''How To Master Cinematography (My Techniques)'' He creates something that is so inspiring but at the same time so helpful & useful that you will pick up alot tips when taking out filming, he explains how it's much less than just having the best camera.
FILM PRODUCTION
''Film tell a series of small important stories. Each carefully composed scene is framed, lit, and paced to bring meaning to the script. Every detail, from where the actors stand to the sound of rustling leaves, is the result of planning and cooperation''. -- ''bigfuture.collegeboard''
Having the chance to be able to direct my own documentary film, with almost a actors placed into was great. Since its a documentary there isn't much overall to direct because it's real however for some of the shots, I wanted to capture the true story & so parts I had to direct to show how those things happened when they did & this allowed me to build my knowledge on directing alongside my skills and confidence in doing so.
The first case of directing was within the interview section, prompting the questions and almost directing in what order to say within each question was something I had picked up from previous but also research, directing where to sit or stand for the shoot, and where they should focus there eye's onto. Although this was only a few directing skills, that took place & I learnt a lot from it and I made me feel more confident in that area
INTERVIEWS
Before taking upon the first interview's, I took upon research on directing films, since the interview section was first, i thought researching about interviews would be a great place to start because this will be the first section during production I take out.
From this It allowed me to understand how to ask quality questions that will receive long answers rather than just yes or no replies, because these are not useful at all & will most likely not be useable, I also learnt from it about how to make the interviewee comfortable, from offering them a drink when they arrive, to letting them see some of the questions before hand this all helps make them feel relaxed & very to talk, its also helpful if you get to know them before hand, so it allows them to easily explain it to you again rather than worrying about a camera being on.
It's also helpful to ask questions that are easy to begin with, its almost like taking a test - the questions start easy but develop into harder ones & this is how you should ask them during the interview, it's also nice to ask if they have anything they want to add, this may also lead to something rather special that makes the documentary stand out more.
SUMMARY
♦ Make them feel comfortable
♦ Get to know them before hand & their story
♦ Let them know what questions you may ask
♦ Ask them easy questions to hard questions
♦ Make sure the questions will get long answers rather than no or yes
♦ Ask them at the end if there is anything else they want to add
INTERVIEW LIGHTING
Lighting is also very important in interview's, to where a lot of interview's will use a technique called ''3 Point Lighting'' , I am going to leave a professional video down below, alongside a 3 point lighting video I did in a group in my first year. It will not only explain what it is, but it will show you how important lighting is. Although some of my shoots will be in different area's, I will need to work around this because I cant always bring lighting to all my locations.
The chances are natural lighting will be good for me, however having research into this is very useful just in case, since a lot of the production will be interview based.
SUMMARY
♦ Placing 3 lights around your subject
♦ Make sure that each light does what it's mean't to
♦ Create good lighting that works for your film
Now that interviews & lighting are covered on this blog post & in my research, I wanted to take time to research the cinematography of filming, because this will also be a huge part of the production & something that will make the documentary what it is.