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FST 201 CH 1 & 5
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- 1What are the 4 elements to a story?1. A Central Character
2. A Dramatic Situation (Premise)
3. Actions and Stakes
4. Resolution and Meaning - 2_______ Is based on things that happen to characters, things characters do and ways characters change.DRAMA
- 3_________ Character- A figure with whom audiences can identify, empathize, or at least sympathize.Sympathetic Character
- 4________ Character- A character who is unkind, unlikable, unpleasant, mean, despicable or even repulsive.Antipathetic Character
- 5Dramatic Situation (aka ________) A situation that gets our central character moving and also gives us information about who the character is.PREMISE
- 6_________ Dramatic Question- What emerges from the chemical reaction between a particular character in a particular situation; usually changes the character.Central Dramatic Question
- 7_______ Conflict- Used to get the character and a story moving. Usually in which a character who needs to accomplish something, encounters obstacles and must struggle to get what they need.Direct Conflict
- 8______-______ Story- The story's forward momentum is generated by conflicts that keep your central character from achieving their identifiable goal.Conflict-Driven Story
- 9_______ Force: ObstaclesOpposing Force
- 10__________- An opposing force/characterAntagonist
- 11___________- The order of events in the film0 the unfolding of the story in scenes and the order of those scenes.PLOT
- 123 Tools to Pre-visualize a Film1. Shooting Script
2. Overheads
3. Storyboards - 13The _____- Expresses the director's visual strategy for every scene in the film. It shows what shots are used to cover a scene and how they connect together as an edited scene. It's the creative and technical blueprint for the entire shoot.The Script
- 14______ the Script a.k.a Lineup Drawing a vertical line through the action and dialogue covered by a specific shot. Indicating how long the shot is and what type of shot it is.Marking the Script
a.k.a.
Lineup - 15Shooting with _______- The concept of starting a shot well before the anticipated edit point.Shooting with Handles
- 16___________: Drawings of each scene from a bird's-eye perspective; they help the filmmaker figure out important details like the axis of action, camera placement, and character blocking.Overheads
- 17__________: The movement of your characters in the space.Blocking
- 18_________ Setup: the basic location and angle of the camera from which we shoot one or a # of similar shots from the shooting script; communicate to the entire crew where the equipment needs to be roughed in from shot to shot and what will be in frame.Camera Setup
- 19__________: Drawings of shots, arranged on paper in the order they appear in a sequence. They are draw in frames with the same aspect ratio as your camera from. Shows movement of the camera.Storyboards
- 20What does the Big Picture oversee?Overall tone, mood, and pace.
- 21______ List: A list of all the shots that make up the film in the order in which they will be shot. HAS: LOCATION, TIME, CAMERA SETUP ANGLE, SHOT SIZE, PICKUP SHOTS, AND EXCEPTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS.Shot List
- 22_______ Shots: quick shots that are often not part of the original script revisualization but that are taken after/during production to fill in gaps and make editing smoother.Pickup Shots
- 23______ Sheets- forms for each shooting day that they detail what portion of the script is being shot on a specific day, who needs to be on the set, when each person needs to be there, and how to get to the set. Arrival times, setup times, makeup, and rehearsal times.Call Sheets
- 24_________ Time- The time between the end of one call and the beginning of the next.Turnaround Time
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- Ch. 1 From Idea to Cinematic Story Ch. 5 From Screenplay to Visual Plan
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- Jocabed Aragón
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