Master The Art Of Technical Directing: An Essential Guide

Learn the techniques that great directors use to create award-winning films

What you'll learn

Direct a short film, feature film or any narrative content

Block out a scene using a static and moving camera

Optimise scene coverage through camera movement

Crane and camera techniques

Develop a comprehensive floorplan, storyboard, and shot list

All-inclusive understanding of technical directing

Requirements

From beginner filmmakers to seasoned pro's who want to take their technical directing to the highest level

Description

Be a fly on the wall as we prepare for and shoot complicated scenes, explaining over 2 dozen advanced techniques that will maximize production value and optimize your time on set. Take your skills to the highest level and approach your next film with the utmost confidence."I would recommend this course to filmmakers of all levels. The scope and quality of the material covered is of an exceptionally high standard, and there are tons of practical takeaways to implement directly into your work. Write a script, watch this course, then go make a film!" - Pearse Healy (Director of Photography)Throughout this Masterclass, our goal is to provide you with an all-inclusive understanding of technical directing so that planning and filming even the most complicated scene will come as second nature. Throughout this entire course, we’ll be blocking in 3D, using our six manikins. Our manikins are perfect for blocking out scenes and describing camera techniques as they’re completely expressionless, so all of the emotion and energy in the scene must be accomplished from the camera move alone – putting all emphasis on the camera technique rather than the performance. In doing this, you’ll see just how important camera work is when attaching emotion to a scene and drawing the audience into the character’s frame of mind and the action within the scene.This class is intended for directors and DOPs of all levels - from beginners to seasoned pros who want to take their technical directing to the highest level. This class will also benefit actors who want to gain a more technical understanding, and anyone looking to cross over from other disciplines.This course is backed by Udemy's 30 day money back guarantee.If you're not happy for any reason you will be refunded in full!I'm confident that you'll find this to be an invaluable course on technical directing, with unique insights and techniques that you won't find in any other Udemy course.We're excited to watch you take these next steps as a director and we hope to see your work on the big screen very soon!- The CastandHire team

Overview

Section 1: Shot types and sizes

Lecture 1 Intro to the course

Lecture 2 A look at shot sizes

Lecture 3 A look at shot types

Lecture 4 180° rule

Section 2: Determining scene coverage

Lecture 5 Setting the frame

Lecture 6 Setting the focal length

Lecture 7 A look at coverage and shots

Section 3: Camera movement and staging

Lecture 8 Blocking

Lecture 9 Movement

Lecture 10 Moving and static camera

Lecture 11 Designing camera movement on paper

Lecture 12 Shot list template

Section 4: Making the right camera choices

Lecture 13 Connecting the dots

Lecture 14 Refining through movement

Section 5: Fun aesthetic camera techniques

Lecture 15 Slowly revealing the subject (part 1)

Lecture 16 Slowly revealing the subject (part 2)

Lecture 17 Slowly revealing the subject (part 3)

Lecture 18 Parallax

Lecture 19 Tracking parallel

Section 6: Camera techniques for emotional response

Lecture 20 The hand off

Lecture 21 Pushing in and pulling out (part 1)

Lecture 22 Pushing in and pulling out (part 2)

Section 7: Techniques for shooting an interesting master shot

Lecture 23 Master tracking

Lecture 24 Converging

Lecture 25 The crane

Section 8: Conclusion

Lecture 26 Thank you!

Film Directors,Television Directors,Webseries Directors,Cinematographers,Film Students,Film Producers,Actors who want to gain a technical understanding of the film set