Film Blocking (It's easier than you think)

I would love more videos like this one I'm sharing this.

Fantastic explanation!

Given me plenty of food for thought. l'm currently working on an animated series based on a novel series. Staging and blocking is as crucial for animations.

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Fantastic. I have seen creative solutions in order to cross over 180 degree rule. But needs to be fully coordinated and planned. Or else it will be confusing for the auditions to look at And they start to think about the clip rather than the main message/purpose with the scene.

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That was awesome myself being a local actor I’ve seen some of those mistakes by some beginners in film making

Blocking
Put the camera and make the frame.
Only actors, director, DOP will be on the set and no body else.
Then block the scene.
Meaning , you decide where the actors will stand and then what will be their action.

After you have decided the blocking.
Then the actors go for the costume and make up, and the DOP, art director and gaffer do the lighting, and art setup.

Then the actors come back and we do a couple of rehearsals.

After everything is tweaked to satisfaction. We start recording the scene.

Sadly no director in Delhi does this.

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Hi Gerald Undone

Brilliant 👏

Who is watching in 2023.great information.. loved the detailing done on the video

holy crap...your right..I never thought about how good that scene was in back to the future...you nailed it

wow

Its all well and good but have you guys noticed that, they are calling you idiots and treating you as children? (modern movies that is, not the ones behind this video)

look over there, have an action, we can't have two people talking, that's boring, What's this? what's that, cut away, quickly!
(They even timed it to average of 20-30 seconds to fit attention span, like a song hook need to be every 7 seconds and a joke need to be told every 2 minutes), can you get more formulaic than that?

Watch old films (years range of 1920 - 1980 ), the same techniques were known back then as well but weren't used as much, let alone not accumulating half the cuts of a modern movie, does it make them any worse? in my opinion, they were better for it.

You guys know what gets a good dialogue going? good actors and interesting dialogue, not having an ejector sit that you need to bounce off to move around.

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Ow

Plz... don't say.... copy paste dialog......

This was really good information. Film school. Thank you.

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The rules of framing and staging that means nothing in cinema. Just watch films a lot. Your talking about products, how to sell more of the same. Nothing to do with Cinema BTW. Commercials yeah, TV sure, not Cinema

WHAAAAAT?!!!? I LOVE THIS 😫😫 I’m moving from photography to videography so this is great for me

I love these tutorials from Eric Wareheim.

Just wanna say... I love the "don't subscribe to us!" thing at the end.

What about " My dinner with Andre"?

Also, In film it's ok to cross the line if you actually have the action of crossing the 180-degree line filmed as part of the shot. If you need to change the scene to where it makes sense that the characters switch places, film them switching places in a creative way.

Bruh

Why did the cameras go to the wrong side for OTS?

MASTERFULLY EXPLAINED. Ive never seen a more simple amd brilliantly explanation and example of the 180 degree rule. Youve delivered a month of film school delivered in moments.

"Don't subscribe to our channel." I saw what you did there. New sub. BTW, this was the best explanation of film blocking that I have heard. You took all the mystery and misery out of it. Thanks.

but when a camera keeps moving, moving, moving in circles, like Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) lol

LOL nice.

Thanks for this. I don't know a thing about the subject but your presentation makes me want to learn. A great balance of fun, funny, and detailed, practical info, a real-life journey, nicely packaged up. Your expertise and persona are put to excellent use here.

But rules like these is what making filmmakers like religious extremists….propagating orthodoxy….these rules have been done to death…it’s boring to see filmmakers trying to over glorify everything….the old is old…so dump it and move further …

It’s like framing but in motion

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I like this dude, hahaahhaha

As most things in my life I'm self taught and do them in a way because they feel natural. To, later, find out that that particular thing has a reason and a name behind it.
For example photography. Framing, subject, etc.. I always did in a way because it felt right. And later I found out about (for example) "rule of thirds", etc... and saw that I was doing it naturally (not saying I'm a genius, it's just a hobby)
I always wondered the "concept" or "name" for Blocking and never knew what it was (granted, I never been to a specific training/college for this, always learned by myself). It's cool to find the "science" and reasoning behind it.

I see star wars figs. I click on video. Im simple but I like it.

Great video, tho it does scare me how so many ppl claim to be into filmmaking and don't know this from reading books.

I always learn something new from this channel!

This was very helpful, thank you. I feel like in time this is something that will become completely instinctive, but for beginners is important to worry about it.

The dark knight breaks the 180 rule during jokers interrogation scene. And it's so damn good.

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Jokes on you, I just subscribed. Suckers.

NOT BORING IS BETTER THAN BORING 👈🏽

I learned so much in this and I love you