Introduction to FilmDirecting

DirectorJob Responsibilities: Turn the writer’s screenplay into a

motion picture Deliver that motion picture to the

editor(s) Communicates with:

Producers Cinematographer Principal talent

DirectorDirectors 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

StoryboardingGraphic 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”