Film Direction Techniques
Code: 103035 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2501928 Audiovisual Communication | OT | 3 | 1 |
| 2501928 Audiovisual Communication | OT | 3 | 2 |
| 2501928 Audiovisual Communication | OT | 4 | 1 |
Contact
- Name:
- Miguel Angel Martin Pascual
- Email:
- miguelangel.martin@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- spanish (spa)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- Yes
Teachers
- Ludovico Longhi
Prerequisites
It is recommended to have taken:
- Audiovisual Narrative
- Audiovisual Fiction Screenplay
- History of Cinema
- Cinematographic Language
It is necessary to have knowledge of audiovisual language and the history of cinema.
This subject has two professors: Miguel Ángel Martín-Pascual (1st semester) and Ludovico Longhi (2nd semester).
Objectives and Contextualisation
The subject aims to introduce the students into the knowledge of the different tasks that the film director must fulfill when it comes to carrying out his cinematographic project. Some processes will be dealt with based on the previous deficiencies from the writing of the script to the postproduction, through the preparation of the shooting, the planning of the sequences, especially the direction of actors, the filming itself and the edition. The second objective is the critical analysis of exemplary stylistic solutions, used by renowned exponents of the cinematographic art. Finally, the subject intends to relate and apply the conceptual and pragmatic reflections in the elaboration and realization of a specific cinematographic product.
Competences
- Audiovisual Communication
- Demonstrate creative capacity in audiovisual production.
- Disseminate the area's knowledge and innovations.
- Manage time effectively.
- Show leadership, negotiation and team-working capacity, as well as problem-solving skills.
- Use advanced technologies for optimum professional development.
- Use one's imagination with flexibility, originality and ease.
Learning Outcomes
- Apply the technologies and systems used to process, process and transmit information for new audiovisual media genres and formats.
- Apply theoretical principles to creative processes.
- Disseminate the area's knowledge and innovations.
- Generate quality audiovisual products with innovative aesthetics.
- Manage time effectively.
- Master technological tools for audiovisual production.
- Show leadership, negotiation and team-working capacity, as well as problem-solving skills.
- Use advanced technologies for optimum professional development.
- Use one's imagination with flexibility, originality and ease.
- Use the language of each of the audiovisual media in modern combined forms or in digital media for carrying infographics products.
- Use the language of each of the audiovisual media in modern combined forms or in digital media for conducting journalistic documentaries.
Content
1. The notion of cinema direction
2. The direction of actors
3. The script from the direction perspective
4. The preparation of the filming or preproduction
5. Shooting, techniques and strategies
6. The figure of the director
Methodology
The subject is organized by alternating master classes (where students work with methodological questions and theoretical knowledge) with practical classes (which analyze various exemplary stylistic solutions throughout the historical evolution of the cinematographic art) .
The students develop a series of tasks, group and individual. The products are periodically reviewed by the teacher.
The proposed teaching methodology and evaluation activities may undergo some modifications depending on the health authorities' attendance restrictions.
The calendar will be available on the first day of class. Students will find all information on the Virtual Campus / Teams: the description of the activities, teaching materials, and any necessary information for the proper follow-up of the subject. In case of a change of teaching modality for health reasons, teachers will make readjustments in the schedule and methodologies.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Classes | 15 | 0.6 | 7, 3, 8 |
| Laboratory practices | 22.5 | 0.9 | 2, 6, 4, 11 |
| Seminars | 15 | 0.6 | 2, 7, 5 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Tutorials | 7.5 | 0.3 | 9, 5 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Audiovisual work | 82.5 | 3.3 | 2, 9, 6, 4, 5, 11 |
Assessment
The teaching methodology and the proposed evaluation may undergo some modification depending on the restrictions on attendance that the health authorities impose.
Exam: 30%
Practical work: 50%
Seminars: 20%
It is necessary to pass the exam and practical work to do the average and pass the subject. Students will be entitled to the revaluation of the subject. They should present a minimum of activities that equals two-thirds of the total grading. To have access to revaluation, the previous grades should be 3.5. The activities that are excluded from the revaluation process are seminars.
In the event that the student performs any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation of an evaluation act, this evaluation act will be graded with 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that could be instructed. In the event, that several irregularities occur in the evaluation acts of the same subject, the final grade for this subject will be 0.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audiovisual work | 50% | 2.5 | 0.1 | 2, 9, 7, 6, 4, 5, 11, 10, 8 |
| Exam | 30% | 3 | 0.12 | 2, 9, 1, 3, 5, 11 |
| Seminars | 20% | 2 | 0.08 | 2, 9, 3, 5, 8 |
Bibliography
ARTIS, Anthony Q. (2009). Cállate y rueda. Omega.
BORDWELL, David. (2006). The way Hollywood tells it. Story and Style in modern Movies. University of California Press. Berkeley.
CATALÀ, Josep Mª. (2001). La Puesta en imágenes: conceptos de dirección cinematográfica. Barcelona: Paidós.
FELDMAN Simon.(2004). El director de cine. Técnicas y herramientas. Barcelona: Gedisa.
MAMET, David (1999). True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor. (Hay edición en español, Verdadero y falso. Herejía y sentido común para el actor, Alba Editorial, 2011).
MARCOS MILANO, Mª del Mar (2009). Elementos estéticos del cine. Manual de dirección cinematográfica, Madrid: Fragua.
MERCADO, Gustavo. (2011). The Filmmaker's eye : learning (and breaking) the rules of cinematic composition. Amsterdam; Boston : Focal Press/Elsevier. (Hay edición en español, La Visión del cineasta : [las reglas de la composición cinematográfica y cómo romperlas]. Madrid: Anaya Multimedia).
RABIGER, Michael (2009). Dirección cinematográfica: técnica y estética. Barcelona: Ediciones Omega.
STANISLAVSKI, Constantin. (1936). An Actor Prepares. London: Methuen, 1988. (Hay múltiples ediciones en todos los idiomas).
Software
Attendees will work with software for mobile devices in image capture and editing. Also if it is available, with dedicated equipment or audiovisual accessories.