Week 8 Analysis & Reflection Q3:

Blow Up is a 1966 film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni.
In this scene we can see the choreography of the actors, camera, frame and focus. As covered in the lecture describe what Antonioni would have considered when directing the actors and the camera.
When filming this scene, Michelangelo Antonioni would have had to have considered the camera movement, angels, focus, and direction of the actors. He would have figured out the blocking of the scene, and gone through this with the camera operator to decide on when to do pans or tilts, when to follow the movement and when to stay static. He would have also had to let the camera operator know what kind of depth of field he was looking for in particular sections, allowing the camera operator to decide on when to change the focus either during shooting via a focus pull or in between shots. He would have considered the actors movement greatly in this scene, as their movement heavily enforces the camera movement.