Basic on Film directing

1. Directing
Directing Intro (Day 1)
Role and Responsibility
• A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes
the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the
fulfilment of that vision.
• The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, technical
personnel and all the creative aspects of filmmaking.
• (Content and Technical)
• This requires skills of group leadership, as well as the ability to maintain a
singular focus even in the stressful, fast-paced environment of a film
set. Moreover, it is necessary to have an artistic eye to frame shots and to
give precise feedback to cast and crew thus, excellent communication
skills are a must.

2. Directing
Directing Intro (Day 1)
WHY
HOW
WHERE
WHEN

3. Directing
Directing Intro (Day 1)
Pre-Production
From idea to shooting meeting, Reece, permission,
Production
Field work Shooting
Postproduction
Offline, Online, Dubbing, Foley, Graphics and sound Mixing
Psychology of Directing

4. Directing
Directing Intro (Day 1)
1. 1. auteur theory (it’s all yours) example Satyajit Ray, Alfred Hitchcock
2. 2. Screenplay and Directing (many Tamil movies)
3. Original Script from a different Writer and you are writing the screenplay
and direct the film
4. 3. Directing Only
5. You only Direct the film

5. Directing
Directing Intro (Day 1)
Understanding Genre
The basic genres of film can be regarded as drama, in the feature film and
most cartoons, and documentary. Most dramatic feature films, especially
from Hollywood fall comfortably into one of a long list of film genres such as
the Western, war film, horror film, romantic comedy film, musical, crime film,
and many others. Many of these genres have a number of subgenres, for
example by setting or subject, or a distinctive national style, for example in
the Indian Bollywood musical.
1. Film: 96 (TAMIL) , Terminator 2 (English) Kung Fu Hustle (Cantonese)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5TWdHMp6Ok
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z9qws7M8q8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65qIdEmmjiU

6. Directing
Directing Intro (Day 1)
Understanding Genre
The basic genres of film can be regarded as drama, in the feature film and
most cartoons, and documentary. Most dramatic feature films, especially
from Hollywood fall comfortably into one of a long list of film genres such as
the Western, war film, horror film, romantic comedy film, musical, crime film,
and many others. Many of these genres have a number of subgenres, for
example by setting or subject, or a distinctive national style, for example in
the Indian Bollywood musical.
1. Film: 96 (TAMIL) , Terminator 2 (English) Kung Fu Hustle (Cantonese)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5TWdHMp6Ok
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z9qws7M8q8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65qIdEmmjiU

7. Directing
Directing Intro (Day 2)
Mise en Scene
Mise-en-scène (French: [miz ɑ̃ sɛn]; English: "placing on stage") is
the stage design and arrangement of actors in scenes for
a theatre or film production, both in visual arts through storyboarding, visual
theme, and cinematography, and in narrative storytelling through direction.
The term is also commonly used to refer to single scenes that are
representative of a film. Mise-en-scène has been called film criticism's "grand
undefined term".

8. Directing
Directing Intro (Day 2)
Mise en Scene
Set design
An important element of "putting in the scene" is set design—the
setting of a scene and the objects (props) visible in a scene. Set design can be
used to amplify character emotion or the dominant mood, which has physical,
social, psychological, emotional, economic and cultural significance in
film. One of the most important decisions made by the production
designer and director is deciding whether to shoot on location or on set. The
main distinction between the two is that décor and props must be taken into
consideration when shooting on set. However, shooting on set is more
commonly done than shooting on location as a result of it proving to be more
cost effective

9. Directing
Directing Intro (Day 2)
Mise en Scene
On Location
• Changing color of the image
• Filters relate to camera now days more at Post Production
• Fog and smoke effects
• Rain
• Using unusual film stocks
• Various painting techniques
• Digital Images

10. Directing
Directing Intro (Day 2)
Mise en Scene
Lighting
The intensity, direction, and quality of lighting can influence an audience's
understanding of characters, actions, themes and mood. Light (and shade) can
emphasize texture, shape, distance, mood, time of day or night, season,
glamour; it affects the way colors are rendered, both in terms of hue and
depth, and can focus attention on particular elements of the composition.
Highlights, for example, call attention to shapes and textures, while shadows
often conceal things, creating a sense of mystery or fear. For this reason,
lighting must be thoroughly planned in advance to ensure its desired effect on
an audience. Cinematographers are a large part of this process, as they
coordinate the camera and the lighting.
• Enhance emotional level
• Creating different mood according to narrative structure of the content

11. Directing
Directing Intro (Day 2)
Mise en Scene
Space
The representation of space affects the reading of a film. Depth, proximity,
size and proportions of the places and objects in a film can be manipulated
through camera placement and lenses, lighting, set design, effectively
determining mood or relationships between elements in the story world.
“look here, now look at this , now over here…”
Choosing the frame is matter of conveying the story, but it is also a question of
composition, rhythm and perspective.

12. Directing
Directing Intro (Day 2)
Mise en Scene
Composition
Composition is the organization of objects, actors and space within the frame.
One of the most important concepts with the regard to the composition of a
film is maintaining a balance of symmetry. This refers to having an equal
distribution of light, colour, and objects and/or figures in a shot. Unbalanced
composition can be used to emphasize certain elements of a film that the
director wishes to be given particular attention to. This tool works because
audiences are more inclined to pay attention to something off balance, as it
may seem abnormal. Where the director places, a character can also vary
depending on the importance of the role.

13. Directing
Directing Intro (Day 2)
Mise en Scene
Costume
Costume simply refers to the clothes that characters wear. Using certain
colors or designs, costumes in narrative cinema are used to signify characters
or to make clear distinctions between characters.[

14. Directing
Directing Intro (Day 2)
Mise en Scene
Makeup and hair styles
Make-up and hair styles establish time period, reveal character traits and
signal changes in character.

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Directing Intro (Day 2)
Mise en Scene
Acting
There is enormous historical and cultural variation in performance styles in
the cinema. In the early years of cinema, stage acting and film acting were
difficult to differentiate, as most film actors had previously been stage actors
and therefore knew no other method of acting. Eventually, early
melodramatic styles, clearly indebted to the 19th century theater, gave way in
Western cinema to a relatively naturalistic style. This more naturalistic style of
acting is largely influenced by Konstantin Stanislavski's theory of method
acting, which involves the actor fully immersing themselves in their character.
Dynamic motion that serves an important storytelling purpose.

16. Directing
Directing Intro (Day 2)
Mise en Scene
Filmstock
Film stock is the choice of black and white or color, fine-grain or grainy.
(just for knowledge)
Aspect ratio
Aspect ratio is the relation of the width of the rectangular image to its
height.[Each aspect ratio yields a different way of looking at the world and is
basic to the expressive meaning of the film.
(just for knowledge)

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Directing Intro (Day 3)
Shooting Script
Shooting Script
When a screenplay is approved for production, the scenes are assigned
numbers which are included in the script alongside the scene headers. The
numbers provide a convenient way for the various production departments to
reference individual scenes. Also, each individual shot within a scene is also
assigned numbers. For instance, Scene 1 Shot 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 etc.
You are the Audience
Imagination
Visualization (out of box)
Cross Line
Explore 360-degree check and balance
Alternative and Plan

18. Directing
Directing Intro (Day 3)
Shooting Script
You are the Audience
The best visual and sound that you want watch and listen.
Your favorite

19. Directing
Directing Intro (Day 3)
Imagination
Visualization (out of box)
Cross Line
Explore 360-degree check and balance
Alternative and Plan

20. Film
1.How does a film get from the planning stages to the screen?
1. -IDE, STORY, PURPOSE, BUSNIESS, ART, PERSONAL INTEREST-PRE PRO, Pre PRO,
POST, DISTRIBUTION n EXHIBITION.
2. How does an entire film function?
-examine the idea of film form and how it affects us – NARRATIVE
3. How do film techniques contribute to film form?
-Film Style – primary techniques mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing and
sound
4. How do we classify films?
- Film Type principal ways of grouping films. Genre
5. How may we analyze a film critically?
- Analyze a film thru via certain methods