2016 Film Directing – G2

Of a movie clip from Jaws (1975, dir. Steven Spielberg) directing_hw1_ken

For reference: the most unique shot covered in my presentation is that of the lifeguard’s point of view when he sees his friend’s face – both the foreground and background are in focus. That’s a split diopter shot. Meaning that an extra, special semicircle-shaped lens – the split diopter – was Read more →

Scene breakdown for GONE GIRL

Camera movement and placement

Shot breakdown

The camera focuses on the male actor’s expression. The slightly off camera position suggests the male actor’s confusion on the situation.

The scene I am showing is from the finale of Breaking Bad. I have made an illustration to show my breakdown of the camera shots.

Background: Walter White is a drug lord who is on the run from the authorities. His criminal activities has caused his family to be separated from him. In this scene, Skyler is hiding from Walter out Read more →

Attached is the link to the slides I’ve compiled for the floor plan/breakdown for the directing presentation.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dmT4XTcIIYboyzs7ITxgKo7Z1Xtup6cVdAaQx63qwHU/edit?usp=sharing

Here is the scene I chose for the breakdown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmki3XHhdq0

The shots in General are handheld, more so on the focus of the witch.

The handheld motion of the camera as well as the lagged or slow movements of the camera that follows the witch, shows the descent into madness of the witch.

Mr Bean was a huge part of my life when I was younger – I even called him my ‘childhood hero’. It was funny to watch how socially awkward his character is. Having watched nearly all the episodes of the TV series, I decided to do a scene breakdown on one of his episodes. The embedded video is Read more →