The crucial thing I have learned that is storyboard. I have had experience for writing scripts, that is difficult but it is very significant for a movie. I have also seen that a director will drew every picture that he envisions, so that each frame can achieve his perfect ideal effect. At the same time, for the shot list I have n’t studied this before and have n’t practiced it that. I regard as a list of what order and position each shot should be. I have taken a TV studio class before, and there will be a list of what kind of pictures will be broadcast at each time point during the rehearsal. I think there may be have some similarities. As it was shown in part 6, storyboard can help the director better achieve the picture he wants to shoot. When you can drew the picture you want to shoot, the camera op and the actor could understand your idea better. I think the shot list and storyboard is a very worthwhile way to learn in filming. It allows me to learn how to execute and shoot in a planned way, and when the director writes these, it will be clearer and easier to execute than expressing the idea to others.

Because I missed the first week of class, I concern I will write my reflection from the second week. I am more impressed by the position of the characters. For example, when the camera is not moving at a certain position, actors sometimes need to bend over or adjust their position to achieve the best results when considering whether they can enter the picture. The method I learned in class was to put tape on the designated position, so that the actors can find the appropriate position more easily. On the other hand, teamwork is very important when shooting a scene, everyone should participate. Direct should have conversations with camera operator as well as keep in touch with actors. The actor is very important in the scene, so the director needs to communicate with the actor at all times so that the actor can show their best performance. The shooting time is also very important. For example, when there is a strong demand for daylight, it is necessary to coordinate the time of the actors and other staff members. During the actual shooting in class, I experienced that some small details are also important. Such as, when the actor is outside the door, how to ensure that he opens the door at the right time to enter the picture, which may be the job of a  director assistant.

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Analytical Writing

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This clip is from one of my favorite movies, that is Farewell My Concubine, the director is Kaige Chen.This clip tells about the main character Dieyi Cheng breaking into a scene he wanted to destroy when his partner Xiaolou Duan announced that he would marry someone else as his wife.The first few seconds of the clip are the close up of the character, and the latter is cut into the medium shot, however it is can see that the expressions of the main characters and the background characters are cheerful, and the lighting is also created indoors, which can make the audience feel a relaxed atmosphere. 

It also used high angle shot when switching to medium shot, here I guess the director wants to express the idea of seeing these characters from a God like perspective. There is a feeling that every character is actually small in the context of anxious times. But the atmosphere changed after Dieyi’s appearance. The lens first shows the back of the Dieyi. From the back view, we can see that the other two characters’ smiles disappeared immediately when they saw Dieyi. The next shot was a full shot of a distant view, and was not placed on dieyi’s face. The lens is fixed in a position to let the he come to the camera. For about ten seconds, the lens did not move. It inserts footage of Juxian shoes falling, while also showing her panic. This is also the subtlety of the lens, not through the expression of the character, but through the expression of some objects to show the character’s emotions. There are a lot of shots at the same location behind, occasionally interspersed with Dieyi’s close up, however it will return to the beginning of the shot where Dieyi appeared, I think the director here may want to express a bystander’s vision, let the audience integrate in this scene, as onlooker, the camera becomes the audience’s eyes.