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DIRECTION TECHNIQUES
The purpose of this class is to further build upon the directing student’s ability to analyze a scripted scene or sequence, develop a unique vision derived from thorough text analysis, then communicate his or her vision effectively to an audience through carefully designed camera movement and choreographed actor staging.
Course Outcomes (COs):
Course | Learning Outcomes (at course level)
| Learning and teaching strategies | Assessment Strategies | |
Paper Code | Paper Title | |||
BMA 312 | Direction Techniques (Theory)
| Students will be able to: CO63. Describe direction and director, Responsibilities. CO64. Develop an understanding about Objective & subjective shooting, Line of action. CO65. Explain types of shot and various Elements of a shot. CO66. Apply shooting ratio, subject reference position for shooting and bring ideas into implementation | Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, reading assignments, Group activities, Teaching using advanced video tools, Film screening.
Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks.
| Assessment Strategies Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects |
Introduction to direction and director, Responsibilities & of the director in shooting a movie. How do we see- the line.
Objective & subjective shooting, Line of action, 180 degree rule planning out layouts and props. The mood of a particular scene.
Introduction to Shot, types of shot, Elements of a shot- Motivation, Information, composition, sound, Camera Angle, Continuity
Director’s take on script articulation and screenplay.Planning of the whole story.Duration of a particular scene.Division of the storyboard, Text analysis and articulation of ideas.Techniques of set composition, blocking and movement.Time management, staging, rehearsal schedules, scene work.
Overlapping action and shooting ratio, .subject reference position for shooting- Headroom, Nose room, Foot room. Being the CEO at the set.Bringing out the ideas into implementation from the creative crew.
1. Roy Thompson “Grammer of the shot” Focal Press (1998).
2. Steven d. Katz, “Film Directing- Shot by Shot visualizing from concept to screen” Michael Wiese Productions (1991)
3. Lafe Locke, “Film Animation Techniques: A Beginners Guide and Handbook”, Better way Books (1 May 1992).
- Tony White, “The Animator's Workbook: Step-By-Step Techniques of Drawn Animation”, Watson-Guptill; Reprint edition (1 September 1988).
- Francis Glebas, “Directing the Story: Professional Storytelling and Storyboarding Techniques for Live Action and Animation”, Focal Press (15 October 2008).
- Kit Laybourne and John Canemaker, “The Animation Book: A Complete Guide to Animated Filmmaking--From Flip-Books to Sound Cartoons to 3- D Animation”, Three Rivers Press; 2nd Revised edition edition (22 December 1998).
