Course overview
To build on the concepts and skills students acquired in the introductory film and television courses through the production of short narrative fiction scenes with a focus on director-actor techniques, and the core creative strategy of mise-en-scène. The course will focus on the collaborative process between directors, actors, production designers and cinematographers to create meaningful moving images for film and television.
Course learning outcomes
- Apply storytelling knowhow to analyse and evaluate a scripted cinematic narrative fiction scene
- Create and articulate a cinematic vision with insights gained from the script analysis
- Work with a range of actor-director techniques to achieve a truthful screen performance
- Employ theoretical and practical storytelling techniques to integrate actor performance with the cinematic vision
- Apply the core creative strategy of mise-en-scène to turn a cinematic vision into meaningful moving images