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‘The background action: how to keep it real and why to get it right’

The management of “extras” creating the background action is the role of the 3rd Assistant Director. The 3rd AD will control all aspects of the extras presence on set. This involves: their arrival and accommodation on set, organising their hair and make-up and costume, break times and OH&S. The 3rd AD will rehearse extras or brief…

“Follow” Scene..

Grantchester Series 2 Episode 2 I selected a scene from this British period drama to replicate for my end of year project. The trick is to find suitable locations to replicate the scene. The series is set in a pretty English Town with a plethora or narrow, meandering streets with beautiful architecture, and complex colours…

Improvisation or the Wisdom of the Unrehearsed Scene

Each director has his own style when it comes to the process of extracting performance from their actors. Some will spend weeks rehearsing actors with a few props, and begin some initial blocking of the scene. Others spend minimal time rehearsing, they will block with stand-ins, arrange the marks and choreograph the scene before bringing…

The Pursuit Scene

THE PURSUIT SCENE Vera Pavlovich s3463716 Road to Perdition..Sam Mendes. Edit.. Jill Bilcock For the remainder of semester I have selected to explore the genre of suspense through the form of the pursuit sequence. These first ideas play with the idea of using montage to piece together an “idea”. Experiments can…

Miraculous long shot’s of Soy Cuba.

“Soy Cuba/ I am Cuba” was rediscovered and restored by Scorsese and Coppola in the early 90’s. Following the revolution in Cuba, Castro established the ICAIC, a Cuban Institute of film, and French and Soviet writers, intellectuals and filmmakers came to support a revolution they believed to be a more humanitarian revolution. A revolution that…

Working with Actors

Somehow I fell into the task of directing this week, accidentally really, by trying to work out the blocking to understand the scene we were given as an exercise. The beauty of actors is trying to work with the intrinsic nature of the person to bring out the rare quality of the person, the essence of their…

‘The background action: how to keep it real and why to get it right’

“Follow” Scene..

Improvisation or the Wisdom of the Unrehearsed Scene

The Pursuit Scene

Miraculous long shot’s of Soy Cuba.

Working with Actors

The Long Shot

Ballet Mecanique (Leger & Murphy, 1924)

COLLATERAL (2004) Michael Mann’s Artistic Decisions