Instruction Mode: In-Class
Professor: tba
Resource(s): | Type | Description | Required | Textbook | Directing, Film Techniques and Aesthetics., Rabiger, M. & Hurbis-Cherrier, Burlington, MA: Focal |
Required | Other | Selected films and videos will be screened in class for analysis and discussion. |
Optional | Other | Weston, Judith (2006). The Film Director's Intuition: Script Analysis and Rehearsal Techniques. Michael Wiese Productions. |
Applicable student group(s): Bachelor of Film and Television students.
Course Details: Module 1 : Principles of Directing
Overview of Director’s role
Scene Analysis – 20%
Module 2 : Directing in the Pre-Production Phase
Collaboration with writers.
Story Concepts and Pitching
Script Summaries, and Scene-by-scene Outlines
Casting
Director’s Journal - 15%
Module 3 : Directing in the Production Phase
Director’s Vision Statement
Shot lists and Floor Plans
Blocking, Rehearsing and Shooting scenes
Directing actors
Directing crew
Blocking a scene assignment - 20%
Module 4 : Directing in the Post-Production Phase
Colaboration with editors and composers
Rushes analysis
Module 5 : Product and Potential of Directing
Screening and Analysis of short film
Pitch for future film
Directing different genres
Directing as a career
Pitch and Resume - 10%
Creation of a short audio-visual project – 35%