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theres so much good advice for #storyboarding more ~dynamic~ shots! but tbh I sometimes find myself fiending to make EVERY shot dynamic, and end up diluting the impact & meaning
so lets talk FLAT SHOTS! Creating subtext! tension! & visual language! [a thread] #film #feboardary
so lets talk FLAT SHOTS! Creating subtext! tension! & visual language! [a thread] #film #feboardary
lol so yeah Wes Anderson gets a lot of (aptly deserved) attention for his gorgeous use of flat shots, but I wanted to shed some light on a film that holds a few more surprises in the flat-space department: American Beauty (1999, dir Sam Mendes, DP Conrad Hall)
I mean, this film is chock FULL of gorgeous flat shots, and all expertly designed to give us a TON of story information in each image. Here are some faves:
Dovetailing off some previous thoughts on character POV, I wanted to do a dedicated #film study of 'Drive' (2011). specifically, the way camera & editing create a rich, cinematic POV -- and for a protagonist who rarely speaks! (that's one BIG directing challenge!) #feboardary
a quick recap on POV: it's important for board artists and filmmakers alike to shoot scenes with a POV, bc THIS is the movie magic that connects the audience to the story & makes them feel what the characters are feeling
Drive is about a man of few words, no name, & many talents: driving for movie stunts by day & getaway cars by night. He's a loner, at times shy, but a meticulous professional with a strict code. ppl talk at him or about him or for him, but this is undoubtedly HIS story
so i think the MOST important job of a #storyboard artist is not creating dynamic angles or cool images, but shooting scenes & telling stories with a POINT OF VIEW!
Who are we following? Whose eyes do we see the story thru? [a thread] #feboardary
Who are we following? Whose eyes do we see the story thru? [a thread] #feboardary
@looseyliu ofc, it's important first to know WHOSE STORY IS IT? (you usually find the answer by asking, 'which character experiences the most change'?)
as we break films apart into smaller pieces, that question then becomes: whose SCENE is it? or whose SHOT is it?
as we break films apart into smaller pieces, that question then becomes: whose SCENE is it? or whose SHOT is it?
@looseyliu maybe the 'cheapest' way to put the audience in a character's POV is thru voice-over, and it's generally pretty effective in how directly it affects ur experience of a story - the character is telling you exactly how they see it!
