Fluid Master Workshop with Gyula Gazdag

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Subject guarantor:

Giovanni Battista ROBBIANO

Name of lecturer(s):

Giovanni Battista ROBBIANO

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Learning how to execute the most complicated scenes.

Mode of study:

Workshop, intensive course.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

2nd and 3rd year of Cinema and Digital Media students, 2nd year of CINKK students, carefuly selected assisting positions.

Course contents:

Directing and DoP students rotating in different crew positions (including acting as stand-ins) is an important part of the set-up for the course. It is not only about working on their own scenes, but also observing their peers working on their scenes, participating in their process in a creative way as well as learning from working in different positions, understanding different perspectives of different crew positions.

Camera operators/ DoPing a shoot work with the electrician/gaffer (Vaclav Filacek) by communicating the lighting set-up and waiting for him to complete the work on his own. The idea for this exercise is that lights should be set in the pre-lighting session in a general way so they work for all the scenes and when rehearsing individual scenes only minor adjustments should be necessary that don't take up much time. Lighting is not a priority in the course and cinematographers' focus should be on learning and practicing how to design fluid master shots.

Recommended or required reading:

More about Gyula Gazdag: http://www.tft.ucla.edu/2011/09/faculty-gyula-gazdag/

Assessment methods and criteria:

100% attendance without any excuses.

Course web page:

Note:

October 11 - 16, 2016

11.10.2016 Tuesday, FAMU

08:00 – 12:00

First meeting with students.

Watching clips, dividing crew posistions, casting scenes (Ideally students from the workshop would also act in the scenes, since these shoots are not about acting talent, but learning what technical skills one needs to acquire in order to work with fluid masters, e.g. how to hit several marks in the same shot.)

12.10. 2016 Wednesday

08:00 - 13:00 Preparatory session, prelight at sound stage at FAMU Studio (Barrandov, Krátký film building).

Choreography of the set, set introducing: discuss and organize what scenes to shoot and how to conceive the shots based on the introduction and on watching the scenes I select from different films.

All selected scenes would be shot in same set enviroment from previous set. We can move with furniture and other movable elements in it, but not with the walls. Plans of the studio will be provided on 11.10.2016 to all students.

14:00 – 19:00 SHOOT 1*

13.10.2016 Thursday, Studio FAMU, Barrandov Studios (Krátký film building)

08:00 - 13:00 Shoot 2*

14:00 – 19:00 Shoot 3*

14.10.2016 Friday, Studio FAMU, Barrandov Studios (Krátký film building)

08:00 – 13:00 SHOOT 4*

14:00 – 19:00 SHOOT 5*

15.10.2016 Saturday, Studio FAMU, Barrandov Studios (Krátký film building)

08:00 - 13:00 SHOOT 6*

14:00 - 19:00 SHOOT 7*

16.10.2016 Sunday, Studio FAMU, Barrandov Studios (Krátký film building)

08:00 - 13:00 SHOOT 6*

16:00 – 19:00 SCREENING OF BEST SCENES SELECTION , discussion – FAMU projection room, 1st floor, FAMU main

The best take from each scene, selected by the director, or (time permitting) an edited version of the scene, and discuss the scenes.

15 minutes/scene + one 10minute break after each 5 scenes.

* The time-frame for each shoot/ slot will be:

1.Blocking Rehearsal with director, actors, DoP, gaffer, dolly grip (in case a dolly will be used) and the rest of the crew watching

2.followed by Lighting session. Based on the blocking rehearsal the lighting of the scene is set.

3.Rehearsal for actors, camera and sound

4.Shoot

5.Watching dailies and have a short assessment of the shoot

Technical parameters of the workshop:

Place: Sound stage at FAMU studio, Krátký film budilding – see the exact schedule

Camera used: Sony XD Cam EX 3 with a zoom lens 14x

Description of the workshop, educational goals:

Directing and DoP students rotating in different crew positions (including acting as stand-ins) is an important part of the set-up for the course. It is not only about working on their own scenes, but also observing their peers working on their scenes, participating in their process in a creative way as well as learning from working in different positions, understanding different perspectives of different crew positions.

Camera operators/ DoPing a shoot work with the electrician/gaffer (Vaclav Filacek) by communicating the lighting set-up and waiting for him to complete the work on his own. The idea for this exercise is that lights should be set in the pre-lighting session in a general way so they work for all the scenes and when rehearsing individual scenes only minor adjustments should be necessary that don't take up much time. Lighting is not a priority in the course and cinematographers' focus should be on learning and practicing how to design fluid master shots.

Crew: 8 directors and 8 DoPs (camera operators) as fully enrolled, taking care of all the crew needs. To gain credits, all enrolled students has to be present at the workshop at all time (11.-16.10.2016)

Essential crew position of each shoot:

Director: participant

AD: participant

DoP/ camera operatr: participant

Camera assistant: participant

Focus puller: participant

Grip: participant

Electrician: participant

Loader/ DIT: participant

Cast: participants

Microfonist: provided by school

Gaffer: provided by school

Acting: It is not a goal of this workshop to provide with a acting. However, there are important elements of acting that are beneficial for directing and cinematography students to understand and experience: what is the motivation for a movement that the camera will follow, how to coordinate those movements with the camera and how to memorize those movements, and what does it entail to learn how to hit marks. Serving as stand-ins in the scenes is supposed to serve this purpose in the first place. Students can learn about these elements of the actors' work by doing the work without even attempting to deliver a performance, they are not even required to learn their lines, they can use the script all the time.

Casting: participants of the workshop. Since this workshop is not about acting talent, but learning what technical skills one needs to acquire in order to work with fluid masters, e.g. how to hit several marks in the same shot.

Catering: not provided. Please bring your own food, water supplies on set. School is not organising any catering on this workshop. Students are required to leave for lunch only during lunch breaks.

Credits: 3 per 100% attendance

Schedule for winter semester 2016/2017:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2016/2017:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans: