Week Eleven


After a well needed week off, it was good to get back in to the swing of things so to speak. In this lecture Chris seemed to touch on a few topics such as truth in film making, signals between the director and the actors and why they are so important. We also talked about how a good director will give guidance, and not limit the actors buy being too rigid with direction. By letting the actors interpret the scene themselves and having room to move, they will give you more. And always give the actors a reason why they are doing something, then rather than just going through the motions they will attach the relevant emotion to the performances. This seemingly obvious point I have only just picked up on, I always assumed as a director the more instructions on how you want the performance from an actor the better which is simply not the case.

We then watched some behind the scenes action from the movie "Collateral" and saw some early rehearsal readings with Tom Cruise & Jamie Foxx of the script, then some more advanced rehearsals and the screened scene. I noticed the differences as the actors were fine tuning the performances, and can only imagine how many rehearsals and takes they went through to perfect the character mannerisms to the director's liking. It's all about the practice, preparation and hours and hours of work that has gone in to getting the best possible performances from your actors.

Anyway I think I've waffled on enough already, so I'll leave it at that for today. Till next time.

Week Ten

Due to Easter Monday there was no class today.

Weeks Eight & Nine

 I know this post is about a month belated but I've been flat out with assignments coming from every lecturer at once, all due at the same time. But the film & TV industry is all about deadlines, so I better get used to it I guess.
This week we just continued on with our first assignment in this unit which was the breakdown of one page of script, which was a lot more involved that I imagined. The amount of work involved in pre-production is immense, nothing the viewer ends up seeing on screen is an accident.