The JUmpcut and frame angle semantics

 

THE 5 SHOT RULE

Using the 5 shot rule can help to ensure coverage. 

 Getting enough of these shots allows you to tell the who, what, where and how of the scene, with you filling in the why with voiceover.

• This is your b-roll- 
• - cutaways
• - cover

1. Closeup of the hands, (especially if the person is doing something)
• Otherwise, there might be other closeups that will create an eyeline for the subject- 
• what are they looking at? A picture they are holding in their hands? or on the wall? Piano keys? etc
• this helps you enter that persons POV
• several shots
• different angles
2. closeup of the face, 
• constructing an eyeline 
• between what the person is looking at 
• and their own eyes 
3. wideshot,  (for coverage of the space- 
• Pay attention to the edges of your frame- are they informative?
• make the scale appropriate
• Sometimes a slow pan is good for this
• Always get a few of these
4. over the shoulder 
• down at their hands, or what they are reading or doing
5.  ALTERNATIVE SHOTS- many many- 

If you follow this rule when shooting on location, you will be sure to have a number of different shots that cut together well. This is especially for shooting any kind of action.

1. Close of on the hands. 
2. Close up of the face. 
3. A wide shot. 
4. An over-the-shoulder shot. 
5. Another shot from somewhere else in the room.

Here is a printable checklist

DIG- short narrative

 

Mastering Composition- A review

This short video goes over all the fundamentals on composition. Learn the rules and why they matter before breaking them. 

 

Shot reverse shot- getting in close

 

Visual Comedy - using the frame to surprise

 

Directing styles and particular looks- the Auteur idea- Wes Anderson and David Lynch

Kuleshov effect

Three pairs of images from the film experiment carried out by the Russian psychologist Lev Kuleshov around 1920. Kuleshov discovered that audiences interpreted the actor's expression (the right of each pair, and all identical) in relation to the image it was paired with (left of each pair). The actor was perceived as hungry, sad, romantically intrigued, etc., depending on what was edited together with the actor. Kuleshov's results significantly influenced the development of montage theory.


Wherein two unrelated shots are connected in order to create a meaning, or to provide subjective motivation to a character.

the FRAME and the SHOT

MAGNETISM OF THE FRAME

The edges of the frame exert a pull on the content in the frame. Here is a reading with more examples of how this works: FRAME MAGNETISM

Interview framing Post #2

Allen Ginsburg: