Directing Actors for the Camera
FILM 448Z
Winter 2025
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01
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The actor is arguably the most important instrument in the director's arsenal for storytelling. This course aims to give students a set of tools to draw on when facing the actual task of telling a story through a lens with performers. Through discussions and exercises, we'll cover script analysis, casting, rehearsing, staging, framing, editing, and more. Emphasis will be on creating strategies for getting the desired performance. Students will be acting in scenes as well as directing them. The goal throughout is to demystify all elements and for each student to understand better what kind of director they want to be. The instructor has been a member of the Directors Guild of America since 1990 and a member of the Writers Guild of America since 1985. As director, writer, and producer, he has credits on over 500 episodes of television. Smartphones with cameras are strongly recommended and will be used for class exercises. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA FILM |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: FILM307 |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Elia Kazan: KAZAN ON DIRECTING - excerpts
David Mamet: ON DIRECTING FILM - excerpts
I will also be assigning screenplays to read TBD
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Examinations and Assignments:
Students will direct (cast, photograph, and edit) three scenes and then, as a final project, verbally present their directorial vision of a selected screenplay. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course is POI. Please use this link to request permission from the instructor- https://forms.gle/VWLc6AJYZGMbb6T38. This course is scheduled to be held In-person. All Winter Session students should expect some readings and assignments to be due during winter break, prior to the beginning of Winter Session class meetings. Syllabi for Winter Session courses will be posted to
https://www.wesleyan.edu/wintersession/courses.html
as soon as they are available. |
| Instructor(s): Kendall,David Times: .MTWRF. 10:00AM-12:00PM; .MTWRF. 01:00PM-04:00PM; Location: CFS133; CFS133; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 12 | | SR major: 2 | JR major: 2 | | |
| Seats Available: 2 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 2 | FR: 2 |
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