Directing · Intermediate
Directing Actors and Scenes
Work with actors, stage a scene, keep the camera on the right side of the action and get performances you can cut.
Once you know the basics of directing, the next step is getting strong performances and staging scenes clearly. This course covers objectives and obstacles, giving useful direction, blocking and the 180-degree rule.
What you will learn
- Break a scene into objectives, obstacles and stakes
- Give actors clear, playable direction
- Block a scene and place the camera using the 180-degree rule
- Run an efficient rehearsal
- Shoot scenes so performances will match in the edit
Course content
- Objectives, obstacles and stakes16 min
- Giving direction that helps16 min
- Blocking and the 180-degree rule20 min
- Rehearsal and matching performances18 min
- Final exam — 10 questions30 min · pass mark 75%
