Director

What makes a good director? there are many things that i believe can come together to make a great film. A few people say there are three things that make a great director and i believe they are correct. First thing that is said is a Vision, having a director who doesn't know what they want or where can cause major problems in a production. You need a strong voiced leader who can imagion a great shot and make it come alive on the screen. They also need to be about to talk and explain and be able to move people consistantly through a shot. The next term is blocking and they say the director need to choreograph what they wants. making sure the actor is in frame and stays in the path that the movie needs. they need to make it possible so that no one is standing in the way or ruining the shot that has been worked on for hours. One thing that everyone knows about production, it takes time and patience.To make a good reel for a director they need to be able to show what they are thinking. The best reel for a director would be the main or master shots or maybe the detailed shots. you want to show all your great work and the work of your teammates.

Green Screen

The green screen, its where anything can happen. It is most common in weather and news broadcasts. But more recently movies have gotten into it too. Filming many shots that would not be possible with out the technology of a green screen. Green screens can also be blue. But green tends to be the furthest color from skin tones, which makes it the perfect color to use. This picture is an example of how it is set up. This is the set for Spider Wick Cronicals set. Alot of set up process goes into using a green screen. You have to get the lighting perfect to the back ground or the actor will look out of shot. One of my favorite ways that a green screen is used is by the fake dricing sceens. not only is it cheaper , but much safer than to put an actor in a real car chase http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwY3pB_KYtE&feature=related Sin City is also a very famous movie that tends to use alot of screen screen. In the link above is a example of what the actors had to do to use the green screen and how diffucult it is to film with no surroundings. Its quite a talent to act on a green screen, there literally is nothing but same color sheets on the wall. Green screen is an easy and great way to get many different shots.

Dp Peter Deming

Peter deming has been around the production scence for a quite some time now, winning many awards like hte Independent spirit award for Mulholland Dr. and the Cinematography award for House Party. You may also have seen many of his older yet famous movies, such as, Scream 1,2 and 3 and one of my favorite movies, mystery alaska. personally i do not like the scream movies, not because its a bad movie but purely because i get so scared watching it. Peter Deming is know the set the mood. In many reviews and interviews it is said he spends most of his time talking and purely setting up the mood. and he does it well. scream is so dark and slow and heart pounding. like other scarey movies it has a slow eriry and them BAM some one dies, but the build up that he does is great it dark it gets you scared, it does the job. When Mr. Deming did the movie "the jacket", the director John Maybury, Mr. Maybury only had great things to say. "Can you talk about the director of photography?

Peter Deming? What can I say? He’s a prince among men. My last film, “Love is the Devil,” was shot by John Mathieson who’s a DP I grew up with. We worked on stuff from pop videos through to my arty stuff through to “Love is the Devil.” Unfortunately after he did ‘Love is the Devil” he did “Gladiator.” He just got nominated for an Oscar last night for the appalling “Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera.” And thankfully he didn’t win, although bless him he’s a sweetheart. He wasn’t available for this because he was doing “Phantom of the Opera.” I lucked out big time by getting Peter Deming, if only for his work on “Mulholland Dr.” and “Lost Highway.” It’s a gift. Besides his technical skills, as a human being he’s very atypical of a DP. He is a sweetheart. He is a prince among men."

JP Perry

Recently I was looking a few different DP reels, trying to figure out different ways that people shoot and different images of shots. I came upon one guy named JP Perry. He has done a few commercials also does a little camera operation. One major commercial you might have seen is a WNBA. Which is the women’s nations basketball association. The thing that attracted me to his work is the lighting. Most of his commercials have great lighting to set the mood of his shots. The WNBA it got a dark feel to it. Also a hazy color, just they way it would look in a gym that is lightly lit from the outside. It shows the women bouncing the basketball alone, but it’s an intense strong shot. The shots are slightly panning right to left, medium shot with little background. Drawling all attention to the women in the shot. In Mr. Perry reel, the colors that he is able to capture are just incredible. He does one golf commercial, when the color of the green is just popping out off the screen. Then he has very clean slow moving shots, which are very pleasing to my eye.

http://www.jpperry.net/com_reel.html

MOVEMENT

Recently I watched on of my favorite movies, Mystery Alaska. I like the camera movement in the movie for a few reasons. First of all it’s a lot of slow moving shots. I am not a big fan of a bunch of quick shots. Most of them are long moving shots. Mainly because of the location they are filming out. Its very beautiful mountain shots. Some of the shot like in the beginning when they are all in the locker room getting ready for a game. It’s a lot of medium close up, so the audience can get to know the characters. But also you can tell the camera isn’t free hand but it seem like it is on a free stand because there is a little movement but it isn’t shaky, I believe to give a more personal feel like I am in the locker room with them. One part of this movie I love is the crane shots. Like when he is riding on a snow mobile and after it passes the crane lifts and pans to show where he is riding too, and this incredible view of an Alaskan mountain is revealed.

Shot by Shot # 2

So orignally i did the shot by shot wrong, so here is my round two, This time i choose to use the movie "CryBaby" which has one of my favorite actors in it, Johnny Depp. In this movie it starts out ending the first major scene. First of all the movie starts with a large shot of the whole high school. i will upload them in order of talking about them. Its is a wide shot that is enough for the bus to pull through the front of the school, this establishing shot shows were the movie is taking place, having the bus pull through the front which keeps the eyes entertained. The next shot is a clear view of a boy in pain. its a medium close up and then it slowly pulls away to show whatelse is going on. it pulls away for a larger wider shot. which contains the other high school students waiting in line. Which is the next shot. The students are in two lines framing the screen, drawin attention to the banner in the background setting hte time of the movie, which would be 1952. Next shot they start to introduce some of the main characters of the movie. This is a close up shot of the two young couple. Showing a little of the back ground. but mostly there facial expressions. now one of the last shots of the opening seen is a reval shot, its a moving shot headed towards one indiviual student. get close up to her, then she turns around to show her face, which is scarey but also it gives the shot excitment. a moving relviling shot tend to be very interesting.