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VisualStorytelling
topicsthroughpractical,hands-onwork,whilefollowingtheadviceofthe
master-directorStanleyKubrick:[...]Thebestthingthatyoungflmmak-
ersshoulddoistogetholdofacameraandsomeflmandmakeamovie
ofanykindatall4.
Inanutshell,thecraftofflmdirectingcanbereducedtotwogeneral
topics:grammarandrhetoric.Filmgrammarcoverstherulesandflmrhet-
oriccoversthedeviationsfromtherules.Thefrstsetofassignmentsis
meanttoteacheloquencewhilethesecondtoteachpersuasiveness.
FILMGRAMMAR:RULESANDREGULATIONS
Thefollowingexercisesarecoveredundertwokeytopics:theshotandthe
cut(editing).Theflmshotdealswithchoreography,blockingandfram-
ingwhilethecutdealswiththeproblemsofeditingormorebroadly,the
visualsyntax.
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TheShot
ThefrstexerciseisTheMastershotoraScene-shot(sequenceshot).Thisis
anintroductoryexerciseinflmdirectingorAdirectingthecamera’.Theone
downsidetothisexercisemightbethatitisabittoodemandingforanov-
iceflmmaker.Thereasonforthisisthat,ifunderstoodproperly,itencom-
passespracticallyAeverythingyoueverwantedtoknowaboutflmmaking’.
Ifthisprovestobethecase,itshouldbeprecededbysimplerassignments.
Themastershotexercisecombinestwoseeminglydistincttopics:sto-
rytellingandblocking.Isayseeminglydistinctbecausetheycovertwo
differentareas:thefrstoneisrelatedtothecraftofstorytellingandthe
secondcoverstheproblemsrelatedtoflming.Hence,thestudentisasked
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Kubrick,Stanley,BadFilmsGiveMetheCourage.In:Dunn,Brad,WhenThey
Were22:100Famous,PeopleattheTurningPointinTheirLives,USA,KansasCity
2006,p�83�
JanWagner
