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Taught by:
Writer-director Robert Tutak
  MFA Director, Associate Professor of Film at the City University of New York.

TIMING: Sunday - Thursday
June 20 - 24, 2010
7 pm - 10 PM daily
5 meetings
LOCATION:  Dubai Knowledge Village

FEE STRUCTURE:
DIRECTING 
(Screenwriting required)
AED 4,500 | June 12,  2010
AED 5,000 | June 13 - 20, 2010

Hands-on group exercises


Grammar of the Film Language; Blocking a Scene; 
Text Analysis; Character Development; Working with Actors
Grammar of the Film Language:

image sizes
180-degree rule
in-depth vs. flat frame composition 
visual emphasis and de-emphasis 
Blocking a Scene: scene coverage techniques
master shot w/covering angle technique
overlapping action
blocking the camera & the actors
Text Analysis: types of conflict
text & subtext
beats
dramatic arc
shift of power
Character Development:  conscious goal & unconscious desire
back story & character flaw
characterization vs. deep character
given circumstances & emotional charge 
back story - character flaw - story action 
Working with Actors: casting technique
improvisation
inside-out vs. outside in technique

the workshop is subject to sufficient enrollment

 

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