Shooting: Filming Like an Editor
Learn essential microfilm creation techniques focused on pre-production planning, visual storytelling, and effective scene composition for high-quality results.
Learn essential microfilm creation techniques focused on pre-production planning, visual storytelling, and effective scene composition for high-quality results.
This comprehensive course teaches how to approach filming from an editor's perspective, emphasizing thoughtful pre-production planning rather than just the act of shooting. Students will learn to consider editing needs before filming begins, including shot composition, scene blocking, narrative sequencing, and visual metaphors. The course demonstrates how to organize camera movements, handle dialogue scenes between multiple actors, and manage intertwining storylines. Through practical examples and hands-on exercises, participants will understand the full scope of microfilm creation, from team building and role assignments to visual presentation and performance direction.
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What you'll learn
Understand the roles and responsibilities in a film production team
Develop the ability to analyze scripts from a director's perspective
Learn to create visual presentations that enhance narrative elements
Master techniques for directing authentic performances
Plan camera movements and scene compositions with editing in mind
Manage dialogue scenes and multiple storylines effectively
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This course includes:
5.08 Hours PreRecorded video
1 peer review
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There are 5 modules in this course
This course focuses on teaching students how to approach filming from an editor's perspective, emphasizing thorough pre-planning rather than just the technical aspects of shooting. The curriculum covers five main modules that guide learners through the entire microfilm creation process. Students begin by understanding various film production roles and team building, followed by script analysis techniques to uncover deeper narrative meanings. The course then explores visual presentation methods, including cinematography, lighting, and set design, teaching how all visual elements should contribute to storytelling. Performance direction techniques help students elicit authentic performances, and the final module involves practical application through a filming project. Throughout, students learn to anticipate editing needs while shooting, ensuring cohesive storytelling and efficient production.
绪论&片场职能分工：为你的影片组建精干的团队
Module 1 · 2 Hours to complete
文本解读：你首先是一名观众
Module 2 · 1 Hours to complete
视觉呈现：没人会冲着华丽的摄影去看一部电影
Module 3 · 2 Hours to complete
表演功课：别让蹩脚的表演毁了你的影片
Module 4 · 2 Hours to complete
啥也不多说，开始拍吧！
Module 5 · 1 Hours to complete
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Instructor
Lecturer and Independent Director
许 肖潇 (Xu Xiaoxiao) is a lecturer at the Arts Education Center of Fudan University and an independent director. Born in Zhejiang Province in 1982, she holds undergraduate and master's degrees in Digital Media Arts from the Communication University of China. She furthered her education at the Korea National University of Arts, earning a master's degree in Multimedia Imaging with a full scholarship from the Korean government. During her time in Seoul, she worked as a director, editor, and assistant director, while also creating micro-films. Currently based in Shanghai as a teacher and director, she focuses on the research and exploration of micro-film creation, integrating personalized philosophical reflections into her work. Xu Xiaoxiao utilizes digital imaging techniques to create surreal artistic spaces and narratives. Her work is known for its delicate style, calm attitude, and focus on philosophical themes such as inheritance and fracture, individual life, and cosmic time-space. She seeks to visualize abstract concepts through artistic expression, demonstrating a strong humanistic concern and unique life and space-time experiences. Her representative works include interview narrative micro-films, city public service micro-films, love micro-films, and experimental films, earning her awards at international film festivals for her directing and creative contributions.
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