THE MASTER COURSE

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This is the chapter list from The Master Course In High-End Blocking & Staging -- but it almost doesn't do the course justice. This is a massive course, and no chapter wastes time, but covers dozens of killer techniques.

 

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VOLUME I: STATIONARY BLOCKING
  1. Introduction
  2. Shot Sizes And Types
  3. Focal Length
  4. Framing And Perspective
  5. Staging Upwards And Downwards
  6. Managing The Line
  7. Coverage
  8. Spatial Continuity
  9. Open And Closed Framing
  10. Right-Angle, Outward And Parallel Cameras
  11. Letter Shapes And Camera Plots: I
  12. Letter Shapes And Camera Plots: A
  13. Letter Shapes And Camera Plots: L
  14. Letter Shapes And Camera Plots: U, II, O
  15. Scattered Characters

VOLUME II: STATIONARY BLOCKING
  1. Temporal Continuity
  2. Expanding And Contracting Time
  3. Transforming Cameras
  4. Covering Stops
  5. Motivations For Character Movement
  6. Motivations For Stopping
  7. Script Staging: Motivations For Movement
  8. Intimacy, Honesty And Power
  9. Script Staging: Intimacy, Honesty And Power
  10. Managing The Line: Moving Lines Part I
  11. Managing The Line: Moving Lines Part II
  12. Coordinating Foreground And Background
  13. Deep Staging Part I: Static
  14. Deep Staging Part II: Shifting Depth
  15. Depth Of Field In-Depth
  16. Managing Focus And Rack Focus
  17. Mirrors, Hotspots And Shadows

VOLUME III: THE MOVING CAMERA
  1. Introduction
  2. Why Storyboarding Doesn't Work
  3. Thinking In Parallel
  4. Thinking In Keyframes
  5. Thinking Backwards
  6. Script Staging: Parallel Staging And Keyframes
  7. Pan: Keyframe To Keyframe
  8. Pan: Reframe And Regroup
  9. Pan: Start On, Reveal, End On
  10. Blocking-Transitions
  11. Pan: Search, Shift, Swish
  12. Pan: Hand-Off
  13. Parallax And The Value Of Foreground
  14. Track: Coordinating Foreground
  15. Track: Keyframe To Keyframe
  16. Track: Keyframes On Opposite Sides Of The Line
  17. Track: Deep Staging To Deep Staging
  18. Track: Early And Late Arrival Into Keyframe
  19. Track: Parallel
  20. Track: Start On, Reveal, End On

VOLUME IV: THE MOVING CAMERA
  1. Track: Hand-Off
  2. Track: Opening And Closing Space
  3. Track: Personal And Impersonal
  4. Track: Back Parallax And Unrest
  5. Track: Regroup
  6. Track: Reframe
  7. Track: Timed Master Move
  8. Track: Master Push
  9. Track: Close Push
  10. Track: Low Push, High Push
  11. Track: Pull
  12. Track: Converge And Counter
  13. Track: Pivot
  14. Track: Pivot-Reveal
  15. Track: Around
  16. Pan And Track: Rack Focus
  17. Boom And Crane
  18. Crane: Keyframe To Keyframe, Parallel
  19. Crane: Start On, Reveal, Vertical Converge
  20. Crane: Pivot, Pivot-Reveal
  21. Crane: Low/High Push, High/Low Push

VOLUME V: STAGING HIGH-END SCENES
  1. A Notation System For Blocking
  2. The Checklist: 7 Essential Blocking Steps
  3. Script Staging: "Change Of Plans"
  4. "Change Of Plans" Blocking
  5. "Change Of Plans" Cut
  6. Script Staging: "Under Attack"
  7. "Under Attack" Blocking
  8. "Under Attack" Cut
  9. Script Staging: "Not A Suspect"
  10. "Not A Suspect" Blocking
  11. "Not A Suspect" Cut

(Scripts and Blocking Diagrams of the scenes we're working with on Volume V & VI can be found in the Download Section).

VOLUME VI: STAGING HIGH-END SCENES
  1. Script Staging: "System Failure"
  2. "System Failure" Blocking
  3. "System Failure" Cut
  4. Script Staging: "Custody"
  5. "Custody" Blocking
  6. "Custody" Cut
  7. Script Staging: "A Terrible Mistake"
  8. "A Terrible Mistake" Blocking
  9. "A Terrible Mistake" Cut
  10. Script Staging: "The Curse"
  11. "The Curse" Blocking
  12. "The Curse" Cut
  13. Adjusting For Widescreen And Scope

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