SCENE ANALYSIS

Spring 2017

Syllabus

Equipment Office Reservations

Week 15

Final Exam: In-Class Screening is May 4th, 8:30am-10am. Please note the production materials you should hand in with your final project as outlined in the Week 11 assignment. 

Week 14

Sign up for one-one-one editing meeting

Power Point on Editing

Week 13

Sign up for script / production meeting

Week 12

Assignment: Write First Draft of Script

Readings: 

Week 11

Assignment: Proposal for Final Project

Viewing: Elephant (2003, dir. Gus Van Sant)

 

Gus Van Sant on Elephant: 

Gus Van Sant in 2003
Gus Van Sant in 2003
Screenwriter John August works through a scene to improve the scene description. You learn much more about screenwriting at johnaugust.com.
Screencast lesson from screenwriter John August on writing better action beats. More info can be found at johnaugust.com.
Screencast lesson from screenwriter John August on how to enter a scene with more impact. More info can be found at johnaugust.com.

 

Week 09

Assignment:

Assignment Materials: Moonlight Scene; 20th Century Women Scene; Moonlight song "Hello Stranger"

Reading: Cassavetes on Cassavetes: A Woman Under the Influence

A Woman Under the Influence (1974, dir. John Cassavettes)

A Woman Under the Influence (1974, dir. John Cassavettes)

Small Deaths (1996 dir. Lynne Ramsay)

Small Deaths (1996 dir. Lynne Ramsay)

From Fassbinder's Lola (1981)

From Fassbinder's Lola (1981)

From Full Metal Jacket

From Full Metal Jacket

From Alien

From Alien

Writer/director Michael Mann, and actors Robert De Niro and Al Pacino at the Academy Event "Heat (1995)" on September 7, 2016 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

 

Week 06

Readings: Dramatic Elements in a Scripted Scene; "there is art in the performer’s construction of the face, and of the director’s cinematic shaping of it"

Reminder: "Staging Oners" exercise is due in class on Thursday, March 2nd.

Viewings:

Michael Caine on Acting (old school, but worth watching):

The Making of "A Separation":

A Separation is a film by Asghar Farhadi.

 

The Social Network BTS Making Of:

A short video explaining how script supervisors line film scripts. An in depth article with more info can be read on my blog here - http://amyclarkefilms.com/how-to-line-a-film-script/

Week 02

Assignment 2: Reverse Formal Analysis

Reading: "Chapter 5: The Camera" from Fundamentals of Film Directing (Proferes)

Scenes for Assignment:

Y Tu Mama Tambien Scene (dir. Alfonso Cuarón):

Somewhere Scene (dir. Sofia Coppola):

Magic Mike XXL Scene (dir. Gregory Jacobs):

2 Guns Scene (dir. Baltasar Kormákur):

Coen Brothers & Storyboards:

While preparing our release of BLOOD SIMPLE, photographer Grant Delin created a video that compares scenes from the film to their original storyboards, with commentary by Joel and Ethan Coen, cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld, and actor Frances McDormand.

Viewings for Assignment:

Scene from "Do the Right Thing"

Scene from "The Verdict":

Scene from "12 Years a Slave":