Great video! This topic is actually super relevant to me at the moment. Working on a feature script that I'll be directing, so trying to work out a good balance of having moments of movement, but also moments of stillness. Don't want it to just be people siting and delivering/standing and delivering the entire time. But also, it's good to not over-complicate scenes that might work better without heaps of blocking - and knowing when to keep things simple also saves time on set. Love what you said about having a reason behing movement/lack of movement (e.g. what does this communicate about the characters?), and also love the point you made about leaving space for the actors to put their own spin on things.
i’m an actor and honestly the thing about not being able to back it up is so true, i personally don’t have the balls to argue with a director but my friend will over blocking and it’s fun seeing them finding the meaning in the blocking
Great video! This topic is actually super relevant to me at the moment. Working on a feature script that I'll be directing, so trying to work out a good balance of having moments of movement, but also moments of stillness. Don't want it to just be people siting and delivering/standing and delivering the entire time. But also, it's good to not over-complicate scenes that might work better without heaps of blocking - and knowing when to keep things simple also saves time on set. Love what you said about having a reason behing movement/lack of movement (e.g. what does this communicate about the characters?), and also love the point you made about leaving space for the actors to put their own spin on things.
i’m an actor and honestly the thing about not being able to back it up is so true, i personally don’t have the balls to argue with a director but my friend will over blocking and it’s fun seeing them finding the meaning in the blocking
great blocking!
I think I understand
hm... yes very interesting.