LD DMA 09-10

Warm-Up (10 min)
POTD
VOTD:
1. Hierarchy Of Film - See desktop document
2. Beats - A specific piece of the story that leads up to a larger objective. A segment of a story based on multiple shots.
Objectives - A bigger building block than a beat. Can be the whole point of the short story. All of out beats will contribute to the protagonist completing this objective.
uninflected
cinematically
juxtapose
steadicam

Reading TalktotheText (20 min to read, 15 min to discuss)
TttT David Mamet On Directing pg. 1-7 and answer the following questions on your blog:


1. Mr. Mamet Describes two ways to make a movie. What are they?
2. Uninflected is defined as something NOT changed by tone or pitch? What does that mean in film?
3. Mamet says we, as storytellers, should “let the cut tell the story.” What does that mean?
4. What is a shot list most similar to?
5. Mamet gives this as an example of something you can not film without narration:”Nick, a young fellow in his thirties with a flair for the unusual.” Why would this be impossible to film without narration?
6. Why, according to Mamet, has steadicam hurt film?
BONUS:
7. How is a film like a dream?

Creating our own shot list with beats and objectives (45 min)
As a class develop a shot list together. Adapted from Mamet’s, On Directing.
1. We will need one note taker
2. We will need one board writer
3. We will need everyone’s participation