Analysis 6
Consider Sandra’s lecture “Directing Actors” and describe at least a couple of points that you took away from it (even if you’re not the director).
What I took off from Sandra’s lecture was that the director’s responsibility is to be able to work with the actors in an organised manner. Having a poor working relationship between a director and an actor could possibly result in very bad acting, causing actors to be confused when doing the particular scene. It is also the responsibility of the director to be able to hold on to the vision of the film while dealing with temperamental artists, uncooperative weather and a handful of other uncontrollable uncertainties. As a director myself in the group, I found myself struggling to stay focus on the actors itself on the day of shoot, because i was worried for the other nitty gritty stuffs like sound and camera work. Having an outgoing personality, i managed to kick off really well with the actors. What I felt was important about being a director was that, I need to be comfortable with the actors and the actors need to get comfortable with me as well. They were really understanding at the start when my group got shut down by security on our first shoot. However, what crossed the line was that, the actors got so comfortable with me to the extent that they thought they had a say in the script, they even tried to change the ending of our film. haha but i managed to laugh it off and not stray away from the original film, telling them nicely that it’s not part of the script.
What I felt was important about being a director is that no one besides the director direct the actors. What happened on shooting day was that, the cameraman and I were calling the shots at the same time. (Which caused alot of confusion) I’ve learnt that we have to make it clear to others that no one, besides the director, says the word action.
In this clip screened in the lecture from the Coen brothers’ ‘Blood Simple‘ describe what is happening in terms of the edits specifically in terms of the audio and video. Also name the different kinds of audio you can hear.
What was constant about the clip was the sound of the crickets at the background, it describes the entire scene as a whole, where the entire conversation was done at night when no one is around. The details in sound effects such like, the pulling of the trigger, the stubbing out of the cigarette butt, the shifting of paper, the gun shot, and the antagonist flushing the toilet, the creaking of the door was pretty succinct.
Timing of the shots were consistent, it snaps back and forth during the entire conversation which makes it even more interesting, (works best for short attention span people) rather than just showing the both of them in a long shot. Close up shots seems to work very well here as we get to focus more on the actors facial expressions. I like the colour treatment of the clip as it really sets the mood of the entire scene.