From the course: Creating a Short Film: 04 Working with Actors

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Blocking actors

Blocking actors

From the course: Creating a Short Film: 04 Working with Actors

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Blocking actors

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- Blocking actors refers to how the actors are positioned, and how they will move through the course of the scene. This can contribute a lot to the visual aspect of storytelling. It's also important to iron out the details of actor movement for technical reasons such as how their movement interacts with the lighting, or how it changes the focus distance. Because of that, we usually put little pieces of tape, typically gaff tape, on the ground, to indicate where actors should be at certain points in the scene. Okay, so your elbow should be lined up with that. So, everyone is on the same page technically. These are called marks. When filming these shots from Korda'a's point of view as she gets discovered by the town, here's the advice that I gave to the cast about hitting their marks. When you walk up, try to use your peripheral vision as much as possible. That you're walking up and you're amazed and then you look down to look at your mark, then it will look like you're looking down to…

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