Today we had a directing workshop with Steve Finn. Steve's main learning objective was for us to learn how to block a scene and how to get a good master shot for the scene.
Getting a master shot is important as it gives you something to keep coming back to throughout the scene. It is important to get coverage but it is absolutely vital to get a good master shot.
We were each given a script of the same scene and as a class we broke down the script in order to understand the feelings and emotions the characters would be feeling. We could then use these feelings and emotion to figure out the best way to capture the scene and therefore find our master shot.
We were then individually given time to block the scene and figure out how we would shoot the master shot. I thought the camera would best be placed behind Robert's desk so that we could see Helen's approach to the desk and then follow their interaction through to the end without having to cut (although additional shots would make it more interesting).
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