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THE ART OF CINEMA COURSE - MODULE 1

FILM DIRECTION

  • Overview of careers and Avenues in Filmmaking

  • Overview of all workflows from Script to Screen 

  • Introduction to Film History

  • Brief overview of Film History

  • Introduction to the idea of Narration in Cinema

  • Narration vs. Story

  • Modes of Narration

  • Concept of Time in Cinema

  • Concept of Space in Cinema 

  • Problems of Visual Representation

  • Realism vs. Filmic Realism

  • Perception and Cognition in Cinema

  • Cinema as an Art of Juxtaposed Images

  • Use of Integrative Intelligence in Film Juxtaposition

  • Narrative Strategies - Mimesis / Diegesis

  • Strategies for Image Acquisition

  • Single Take vs. Dramatic Analytic Style

  • Control Over Film Tonality

  • Elements of Film Style 

  • Grammar of Film Language

  • Introduction to Continuity

  • Repeat Action Shooting for Continuity 

  • 180 degrees rule

  • Subjective and Objective Shots in Continuity 

  • Maintaining Eye line Continuity 

  • Jumping the axis

  • Understanding Shot Division

  • How to analyze movement

  • Maintaining Continuity in Drama

  • Optimizing Shot Breakdown

  • Creating a Shooting Order of shots

  • Continuity Film Assignment

  • Introduction to Mise – en – Scene

  • Elements of Mise – en – Scene

  • Shot Design

  • Actor Choreography

  • Camera Movement Design

  • Set Design

  • Floor Plans

  • Section Plans

  • Shot Duration

  • Film  Planning

  • Film Budgeting

  • Film Scheduling

  • Film Pitching

  • Film Financing

  • Man Management and Crew Hierarchy

  • Making Call Sheets

  • Making Continuity Sheets

  • Following Correct Shooting Protocol

  • Continuity Film Assignment - 2 

  • 20 Shot Continuity film Shooting by Students

  • Data Management Logistics.

  • Understanding Film Trade

  • Marketing and Distribution New Media

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