Week 7 (20 – 26 April)
Investigate Nicholas Winding Refn shooting technique
Testing:
- Shooting chronologically
- Using a prose (enabling the actors to improvise their lines
- Not using storyboards or pre-planned framing
- Using cue cards with drawings of general ideas to give some guide to shoot.
Week 8 (27 April – 3 May)
Investigate Woody Allen shooting technique
Testing:
- Using a prose (enabling the actors to improvise their lines)
- Pre-planning shots on location with camera, rather than using storyboards
- Setting up all equipment, camera and character positions before bringing actors onto set
- Only doing 2 takes of a shot
- Only shooting shots from a single perspective/camera position
Week 9 (4 – 10 May)
Investigate Akira Kurosawa shooting technique
Testing:
- Using a script (no improvisation for actors)
- Using storyboards and floor plans
- Having multiple cameras recording a shot or scene
- Using cameras with long lenses at a distance away from the actors
- Deciding the order and length of shots during the editing process
Week 10 (11 – 17 May)
Investigate Alfred Hitchcock shooting technique
Testing:
- Using precise storyboards (which include the type of lighting) that map out the scene shot by shot
- Only shooting shots from a single perspective/camera position
- Using a script, but letting the actors play the characters as they wish to
- Not looking through the viewfinder of the camera (have a DOP in charge of the shot construction while on set)
Monday 11th – Plan shoot (organise script and create storyboard)
Wednesday 13th – Shoot using the Hitchcock method during class time
Thursday 14th – Edit scene
Friday 15th – Write reflection on Hitchcock shooting method
Week 11 (18 – 24 May)
Investigate another shooting method.
Monday 18th – Research shooting method
Tuesday 19th – Complete any pre-production for shoot & cast actors for final shoot
Thursday 21st – Shoot scene using researched method
Friday 22nd – Edit scene
Week 12 (25 – 31 May)
Monday 25th – Write reflection on previous week’s shoot and decide on method that will be used to shoot final scene.
Tuesday 26th – Plan final scene (prepare script and any storyboards/floor plans and book equipment needed for shoot)
Friday 29th – Pickup hired equipment for shoot
Saturday 30th – Shoot final scene with actors casted from Starnow
Sunday 31st – Edit final scene
Week 12 (1 – 5 June)
Monday 1st – Write final reflection/contextualising blog post
Tuesday 2nd – Collate the best parts of shoots into short video
Friday 5th – Post final reflection and video
