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with Darren Eggenschwiler. NO BUDGET DIRECTING. Workshop Topics:. The Roles of Film Production Practical Shoot Directing Actors. Sound Recordist Camera Operator Boom Operator Key Grip Gaffer Director. The Roles of Film Production. Writer Producer Editor Composer Actor
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with Darren Eggenschwiler NO BUDGET DIRECTING
Workshop Topics: • The Roles of Film Production • Practical Shoot • Directing Actors
Sound Recordist Camera Operator Boom Operator Key Grip Gaffer Director The Roles of Film Production • Writer • Producer • Editor • Composer • Actor • Director of Photography
Practicalshoot • Camera • Composition • Microphones • Lighting
Camera: Brightness controls • Iris / Aperture – affects depth of field • Shutter – affects motion blur • Neutral Density filter • All of these controls affect Brightness.
Camera: Lens controls • Zoom – frame size, perspective and depth of field. • Focus – focal length, in a way – blurs everything else.
Camera: Electronic controls • Gain – Increases sensitivity • White Balance - Colour temp. correction
Camera: Motion controls • Tracking - Moving in / out • Crabbing - Moving to the left / right • Panning - Rotating horizontally left / right • Tilting - Rotating vertically up / down • Rolling - Clockwise or anti-clockwise • Flying - Raising or lowering vertically
Practicalshoot • Camera • Composition • Microphones • Lighting
Composition • Head-room • Looking-room • Height • Perspective • Dutched angle
Practicalshoot • Camera • Composition • Microphones • Lighting
Microphones: Types of Transducer • Condenser - Capacitor • Dynamic - Induction coil • Ribbon - Induction strip • There are many more, but these are the types used in the film industry
Microphones: Polar Pick up Pattern • A polar pick up pattern is a graph used to show the microphone’s sensitivity to sound coming from different directions. • They are shown as if looking at the mike from above, the front of the microphone pointing up.
Example: on the left is the microphone with a 3D pickup graph around it.On the right is the actual pick up pattern of the same microphone.
Microphones: Types of Polar Pattern • Omni Directional • Bi Directional • Cardioid • Super Cardioid • Hyper Cardioid
Microphones: Types of Casing • Handheld • Rifle • Studio • Lavaliere
Microphones: Wind Protection • Softie • Zeppelin • Wind Screen • Pop Filter
Practicalshoot • Camera • Composition • Microphones • Lighting
Lighting: Types of Light • Hard Light • Soft Light • Colour (gels and temperature)
Low Key Lighting: Different types of setup • High Key
Lighting: Different Designs of Fixture • Fresnel • Softbox • Floodlight
Lighting: Three Point System • Key light • Fill light • Back light
Practicalshoot • Camera • Composition • Microphones • Lighting
Directing Actors • Choose who you work with • Get them involved in acting games. • Inspire them Wait for the next CUT Workshop!
Ian Robertson for organising the workshop. Pete Shields for founding CUT You Folks for letting me talk The Internet for providing most of the material Thanks for being here! • Thanks go to: