SHOT, IMAGE, CAMERA: THE PRACTICAL AESTHETICS OF THE SCREEN

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SHOT, IMAGE, CAMERA: THE PRACTICAL AESTHETICS OF THE SCREEN

$229.00

Understanding the VISUAL LANGUAGE OF CINEMA.

Using the PRACTICAL AESTHETICS of the SCREEN to tell your STORY.

Making COMPOSITION work for you.

Knowing the whys and wherefores of MISE-EN-SCÈNE.

Grasping SHOT SELECTION, SIZES, FRAMING.

Exploring CAMERA as ‘WITNESS’, as ‘COMPLICIT, as CRITICAL’, plus more…

Seeing the foundations of CAMERA PLACEMENT AND ANGLE.

Appreciating the MODES of CAMERA MOVEMENT.

The basics of LENSING for the DIRECTOR.

Class Opening Soon!
Returns early '25

INTERNATIONAL ONLINE COURSE

ON ZOOM with VIDEO PLAYBACK

Recordings will be available for a limited time.

TWO 3-HOUR SESSIONS.

Tying in with my THE ART OF THE FILMMAKER: THE PRACTICAL AESTHETICS OF THE SCREEN (Oxford University Press).

This course takes you through the fundamentals, complexities, and nuances of cinematic language. I show how THE PRACTICAL AESTHETICS OF THE SCREEN—not mere gloss or show but the filmmaker’s essential resource as a storyteller—deepen and empower a movie’s address to its audience. This is not a technical course, not a breakdown of equipment or its brands, of hardware or software but an original and challenging insight into the concepts and practice of THE ART OF THE FILMMAKER.