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fandomhigh2006-07-27 02:43 am
actingreaper) wrote in fandomhigh2006-07-27 02:43 am
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Screen Acting, Thursday Afternoon
Daisy was once again semi-lounging against the teacher's desk at the front of the room, though the pile of equipment behind her had grown.
"Right. So we've done a bit of the acting thing, but I'm not just asking you to act for your final project. I want you to film things, too. So lets practice that, today."
She nodded to the mass of equipment behind her. "Here we have the basic ingredients for getting interesting shots with a movie camera. Those would be," she ticked the items off on her fingers, "the camera. You point this end," she pointed to the lens "at whatever you're filming. Boom mike, which you hold over the head of your actor and try not to get into the shot with the camera. Gels, which are the little plastic sheets you put over lights in order to make them lots of pretty colors, filters, which you put over the lens to get . . . well, much the same affect as with a gel, and, of course lights. Because even the sun is sometimes not bright enough when you start working with the cheap film you can afford when you're not Steven Spielberg. Who's a hack, by the way."
She stepped away from the desk. "Your assignment for today, and the rest of the week, is to capture something that you think might work in your movie on film. It could be a scene you're planning, it could be that red and blue guy bouncing around in the park. I don't really care. Pay attention to your camera shots. Do you want a steady, fixed master shot? Or something more akin to home movies? If it's the latter, have a damned good reason for making your audience motion sick. Do you want a close up? A long shot? Pay attention to everything in the shot, as all of it can be used to tell your story. Do you want a candid shot for the ‘reality TV' affect?" she grimaced, "or a planned scene? Perhaps you want to prank someone and get it on film. I don't care. Have a ball, and we'll take a look at what you've got next week."
[ooc: and now in the right place. yeesh.]
"Right. So we've done a bit of the acting thing, but I'm not just asking you to act for your final project. I want you to film things, too. So lets practice that, today."
She nodded to the mass of equipment behind her. "Here we have the basic ingredients for getting interesting shots with a movie camera. Those would be," she ticked the items off on her fingers, "the camera. You point this end," she pointed to the lens "at whatever you're filming. Boom mike, which you hold over the head of your actor and try not to get into the shot with the camera. Gels, which are the little plastic sheets you put over lights in order to make them lots of pretty colors, filters, which you put over the lens to get . . . well, much the same affect as with a gel, and, of course lights. Because even the sun is sometimes not bright enough when you start working with the cheap film you can afford when you're not Steven Spielberg. Who's a hack, by the way."
She stepped away from the desk. "Your assignment for today, and the rest of the week, is to capture something that you think might work in your movie on film. It could be a scene you're planning, it could be that red and blue guy bouncing around in the park. I don't really care. Pay attention to your camera shots. Do you want a steady, fixed master shot? Or something more akin to home movies? If it's the latter, have a damned good reason for making your audience motion sick. Do you want a close up? A long shot? Pay attention to everything in the shot, as all of it can be used to tell your story. Do you want a candid shot for the ‘reality TV' affect?" she grimaced, "or a planned scene? Perhaps you want to prank someone and get it on film. I don't care. Have a ball, and we'll take a look at what you've got next week."
[ooc: and now in the right place. yeesh.]