The rules of film and such part one

Written in stone.


Where film-making is concerned there are no set guidelines or tracks for creating and producing a film or movie, this would make the world of cinema vary from boring to dull. All the time new techniques are brought to the field of cinema such as new techniques, conventions and beautiful was of tweaking and correcting the methods of pre- production which includes the editing and the motion graphics that are placed into the production before it sent off to be approved and shipped out.

So for the rest of this blog entry I will be talking about the rules to follow if you so wish as they could help you on your way to being the next Michael Bay. 


Firstly you are going to need to be almost an expert on story telling and portraying emotion and feel to really pull your audience in for most of this part could be done by either writing an epic script for an amazing movie to shoot or hire/buy a script writer or script. Without a workable screenplay you are stuck up a creek without a paddle (no reference intended). Even your movie has got astonishing camerawork and smooth and creative editing and the best lighting money can buy but your story if a complete pile of garbage no one will be interested an example of this would be 1997 Batman & Robin, just a complete disaster this particular story was very mundane and cringe worthy, But your master piece doesn't have to be.

I was lucky enough to find this piece of work as you can see the dialogue lacks a large amount of effort (Click here to view the script). This is more of an example of what not to do. 

Onward and upward.

LIGHTING! Lighting will be a very important aspect of making your film really pop out to the audience Here is a quick example of lighting.

As you can see there is 3 points of light, this applies for most productions that aren't all Hollywood and 100 million dollar productions. You have your key light (the light which is a main light this is usually the strongest unless you decide to swap them about having a variety of different strengths) then we come to your fill light which is a lot weaker than your key, and finally the back light which if used effectively can give a really nice feel to the film which is very important when dealing with moods and emotion.   

You can see in the caption that the picture above is a shot from Schindlers list which has a very unique composition of lighting which consists of a hot/strong backlight and a soft meaning weak key or fill light. 

     

A Welcome Post

What to expect in the following blog entries 


This blog titled "seanfoxfilmschool" will be several entries about, 12 or so entries depending if some points I decide to cover. 12 will be the minimum. 

This will be a weekly occurrence that will last for 12 weeks that correspond with each entries. 

We will be covering...

Week one : Rules of film making with references and examples of use of each practise in the industry also techniques of editing and many elements of cinematography also be comprised of the evolution of visual effects and motion graphics have come since they have arrived on film and TV. 

Week two : Week three will tell us all about the importance on brand and product placement in film and TV and how they will benefit each other in the process, also more in-depth explanation of what processes go on when editing a production also more techniques will be discussed.

Week three : Cinematography, lighting and methods of placement called  miss en scene also how much these effect the film with the good and bad examples and how to differentiate from these and a whole explanation on composition and shot lists and selection again with bad and good example and how they were used in the industry. Finally this week will cover key technologies 

Week Four : The major break through of the visual effects in the film and TV industry and specific examples of the motion graphics that are used. 

Week five : This being the final week will end with the importantance of branding in the television industry Indents as a promotional tool and finally common designs themes in television marketing.