Deconstructing “the invisible style” of Hollywood Movies
  with answers

Handout: http://www.flatheadreservation.org/index.php/phs/film_language/

This video focuses on the creation of a single scene from a movie. It will help make the “invisible style” more visible by deconstructing it--letting you see all the decisions that are made along the way. You get to see some of the decisions that need to be made before the shooting, during the shooting and after the shooting during the editing.

1. List three decisions the director needs to make while planning the rooftop scene?

what actors to cast
whether to shoot in sequence
camera positions
how shots will be framed
costumes
business for the actress
movements of the players

Name three things a director needs to decide while shooting.

How actors interpret the scene
How many takes is enough
How to reshoot a scene
Where the actor’s sight line is
How shots are framed

Name two things a director needs to decide while editing.

Which takes to use
When sight lines are convincing
The timing of the dialogue