Q3

Based on the scene from Blow Up (1996), directed by Micheangelo Antonioni, there are many things the director would have had to consider. Firstly, prior to shooting, the production team would have worked with the actors to block and rehearse the scene in relation to the position of the camera. This is quite a complicated scene and contains a series of unique and artistic shots that would have been organised by the director and production team several weeks prior to shooting. It was mentioned and demonstrated in the lecture on the use of tracking and focus pulling. There will be three person by the camera, a camera operator, a focus puller and someone who pulls the camera across the tracks. The focus point will change as the subject moves and thats why the focus puller is important or else the subject will be out of focus. n order to shoot a scene such as this there are many other complex elements that need to be considered. Each shot would have taken time, and the actors would have needed to know their mark and cue for each specific movement, dialogue and response.

The scene was highly chereographed and rehearsed in sequence, in regards to the movement of the actors as they barely remain still. I think that Antonioni shows a good example of this, where he would direct the actors as their movements remain natural despite of also the constant movement they are doing. The scene has also unusual framing especially when the woman stands up and her upper half is completely covered by the wooden structure.