Thursday, 21 January 2016

Basic Studio Directing

Basic Studio Directing by Rod Fairweather, Focal Press, Oxford, 1998
  • p12 ‘shouting gets in the way of useful talkback’
  • p14 ‘producer and director must work as a team’ - technical teams must follow the director
  • ‘on air time and exact duration’ p18
  • p24 Focal length ‘If parallel light is shone into a lens the distance to the point of focus behind a lens is its focal length
  • fnumbers: we use an iris (a variable size hole) in  lens to control the amount of light let through
  • the more we open the iris the smaller the f number
  • each stop lets in twice as much light as the previous field
  • Semi profile shot, 2 shot
  • looking room, head room, not centre framing, balancing shots
  • non-horizontal lines
  • inexperienced directors have nothing in foreground whilst crabbing
  • p100 ‘slowly zooming can be highly effective’
  • can be visually dull without reaction shots

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