Contributed By Glen Berry

This content is part of the online course, Introduction to Fiction Production.

Each course is comprised of a series of lessons and each lesson is broken down into a series of articles, examples, exercises and assignments.

If you are currently registered as a student for this class, please login to get access to this lesson.

If you would like to take this class online, this course is currently available for registration.

Cost to audit the course is .
Cost to take the course for credit is .

Learn more about the course here.

SUMMARY

• By breaking down a scene from a movie into shots and examining what framing and angles were used, we can teach ourselves the art of directing.
• The dramatic curve can not only be seen in the context of the entire movie but also in subsets of the film in scenes or sequences of scenes.
• The director must understand the emotional content of the material to build a shot list and construct a plan for shooting a scene.

Creating your Shot List
How to approach creating your shot list from a script, creating the first visualization

The Directors Plan
The director's plan for covering the emotional content and action in the scene without shooting unnecessary footage.