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Shot Design

Everything in the school that teaches Shot Design, across 6 departments.

95 lessons · 24h 5m · Directing · Cinematography · Animation · Film Theory · Editing · Screenwriting

Lessons on Shot Design

David Fincher: Se7en - The Directors Series — Indie Film Hustle Podcast · 30m · Advanced
Memories of Murder (2003) - Ensemble Staging — Every Frame a Painting · 7m · Advanced
'Parasite' Director Bong Joon-ho Breaks Down the Opening Scene | Vanity Fair — Vanity Fair · 13m · Advanced
Mother (2009) - The Telephoto Profile Shot — Every Frame a Painting · 4m · Advanced
'Dune' Director Denis Villeneuve Breaks Down a Scene | Vanity Fair — Vanity Fair · 11m · Intermediate
Making THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (with Wes Anderson & Robert Yeoman) — Cinematographers on cinematography · 27m · Advanced
Director Rian Johnson Breaks Down a Scene from 'Knives Out' | Vanity Fair — Vanity Fair · 9m · Intermediate
Shooting “Moonrise Kingdom" (with Wes Anderson & Robert Yeoman) — Cinematographers on cinematography · 17m · Advanced
'Wicked' Director & Cinematographer Break Down the 'Dancing Through Life' Scene | Vanity Fair — Vanity Fair · 14m · Intermediate
MASTER CLASS by DAVID FINCHER (Complete) (Subtitled in Spanish) — Escuela Universitaria de Artes TAI · 51m · Advanced
How Roger Deakins shot Prisoners — Angus Davies · 12m · Advanced
THE ONER - A Definitive Guide! — Phil Moore | Virtual Worlds · 15m · Advanced
How Cinematographers Prepare For A Shoot — In Depth Cine · 9m · Intermediate
The Pros And Cons Of Shallow Depth Of Field — In Depth Cine · 14m · Intermediate
Through the Rear Window — CineStructure · 16m · Advanced
Why DUNE Won Best Cinematography | A Frame by Frame Analysis — Ben Sharples · 29m · Advanced
How Kubrick, Spielberg, and Inarritu Stage their Scenes — StudioBinder · 9m · Intermediate
Intro to Storyboarding — RocketJump Film School · 8m · Beginner
How to Storyboard Smarter — Toniko Pantoja · 12m · Intermediate
Dune: Part Two’s Bold Cinematography — In Depth Cine · 14m · Advanced
How Roger Deakins shot Sicario — Angus Davies · 7m · Advanced
The 2 Ways To Film Stories — In Depth Cine · 11m · Intermediate
George Lucas On The Pre-Visualization Process — American Film Institute · 3m · Intermediate
WEAPONS | Dir. Zach Cregger & Editor Joe Murphy | ShotDeck: Shot Talk — ShotDeck · 89m · Advanced
The Insane Planning That Went Into Full Metal Jacket’s Unique Cinematography — CinemaTyler · 25m · Advanced
This SHOT is nearly impossible | Barry Lyndon film essay — SCENES from a ROOM · 20m · Advanced
Hayao Miyazaki & The Art of Silence — How to Direct Powerful Scenes Where Nothing Happens — StudioBinder · 9m · Intermediate
Psycho - How Alfred Hitchcock Manipulates An Audience — The Discarded Image · 11m · Intermediate
How to Shoot a Narrative Commercial - Cinematography Breakdown — Tenfold Production · 23m · Intermediate
How Hitchcock Turned the ‘Crop Duster Attack’ into a Cinematic Icon | North by Northwest — CinemaTyler · 14m · Intermediate

Departments teaching this

Oscar winners for directing

Books on directing

The director’s monitor

FEELWORLD LUT7 PRO — A bright 7" monitor at a quarter of the price
Accsoon CineView SE — Video to a phone, for under three hundred
Accsoon CineView Quad — Four inputs, switchable — a tiny multicamera village
PortKeys BM5 III WR — Monitor that can also run the camera
Hollyland Mars 4K — 4K wireless to four phones at once
Atomos Ninja V — The 5" recorder-monitor that made ProRes RAW normal

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