CINEMA WORKSHOP. THE EXERCICES
THE SEYCHELLES NATIONAL INSTITUTE
OF CULTURE, HERITAGE, & THE ARTS
&
Present With
THE TROPICS CINEMA INSTITUTE
Contact international : oceans.televisions@yahoo.fr
Indian Ocean Cinema Workshop
. HOMEWORK.
Here are some examples of homeworks
and film of the students:
Example 1: film of a student
Indian Ocean Cinema Workshop in Seychelles 2022
"THE FOREST"
This film has been selected, and presented in january 2023
by the international film festival CINÉ VISION SUD
in Le Lamentin, Guadeloupe, West Indies.
https://youtu.be/6s0FkTCwdxI
Examples 2: Selection of films of the students
Indian Ocean Cinema Workshop in Seychelles 2022
https://youtu.be/x27RuL0Wx4Q
Example 3: film of a student
Indian Ocean Cinema Workshop in La Réunion 2020
https://youtu.be/ICA-bSbC69c
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HOMEWORK 1.
THANKS TO KOULECHOV IN 10 SHOTS
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The Koulechov effect
Soviet Union, 1921
. Top image: the viewer thinks the character is hungry.
. Middle image: the viewer thinks the character is sad.
. Bottom image: The viewer thinks the character has a sexual desire for the young woman.
Yet the actor’s expression never changes.
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The only mistake concerns the direction of gaze. The actor should look down, given the orientation of what he observes.
Example of close shots, shooting down
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1. FILM A LONG SHOT WITHOUT MOVEMENT:
A LANDSCAPE
2. FILM A CLOSE SHOT/SHOOTING DOWN :
A DEAD FISH IN A PLATE
3. FILM A CLOSE SHOT :
THE FACE OF THE CHARACTER LOOKING DOWN
4. FILM A CLOSE SHOT/SHOOTING DOWN:
BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS
5. FILM A CLOSE SHOT :
THE FACE OF THE CHARACTER LOOKING DOWN
6. FILM A CLOSE SHOT/SHOOTING DOWN:
WATER FLOWS FROM A TAP
7. FILM A CLOSE SHOT :
THE FACE OF THE CHARACTER LOOKING DOWN
8. FILM A MEDIUM SHOT :
THE SHOES OF THE CHARACTER
9. FILM A MEDIUM SHOT/AMERICAN SHOT :
A CHARACTER SAYING :
"THANK YOU MISTER KOULECHOV"
10. FILM A LONG SHOT WITHOUT MOVEMENT:
A SUNSET CLOSE TO THE SEA
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A LANDSCAPE CLOSE TO THE SEASIDE
THE SPOT : BUILDING, TEMPLE, MONUMENT, etc.
3. FILM A MEDIUM SHOT :
THE SPOT CLOSER
A DETAIL OF THE SPOT
5. FILM A MEDIUM SHOT/AMERICAN SHOT :
6. FILM A SHOT :
A SUNSET CLOSE TO THE SEA
HOMEWORK 2.
HERITAGE IN 09 SHOTS
1. FILM A VERY LONG SHOT WITH MOVEMENT PANNING:
A LANDSCAPE CLOSE TO THE SEASIDE
2. FILM A LONG SHOT , STATIC :
THE SPOT : BUILDING, TEMPLE, MONUMENT, etc.
3. FILM A MEDIUM SHOT :
THE SPOT CLOSER
4. FILM A CLOSE SHOT :
A DETAIL OF THE SPOT
5. FILM A MEDIUM SHOT/AMERICAN SHOT :
A CHARACTER EXPLAINING WHY THE SPOT IS INTERESTING
6. FILM A SHOT :
ANGLE, FRAME, SIZE CHOSEN BY YOU
7. FILM A SHOT :
ANGLE, FRAME, SIZE CHOSEN BY YOU
8. FILM A SHOT :
ANGLE, FRAME, SIZE CHOSEN BY YOU
9. FILM A LONG SHOT WITHOUT MOVEMENT:
A SUNSET CLOSE TO THE SEA
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Medium shot. A spot of heritage & culture
HOMEWORK 3.
LOVE IN 09 SHOTS
1. FILM A VERY LONG SHOT WITH MOVEMENT PANNING:
A LANDSCAPE, UP TO YOU
2. FILM A LONG SHOT, STATIC :
THE PLACE OF THE ACTION: HOUSE, BUILDING, UP TO YOU, etc.
3. FILM A MEDIUM SHOT/SHOOTING UP :
A WINDOW
4. FILM A MEDIUM SHOT/SHOOTING DOWN :
INSIDE THE HOUSE, A CHARACTER IS READING A BOOK
5. FILM A LONG SHOT :
INSIDE THE HOUSE, A DOOR IS OPENED WITH VIOLENCE, AND A VOICE, OFF, IS SHOUTING
"I'M CRAZY LOVING YOU".
WE DONT SEE WHO IS THERE.
6. FILM A CLOSE SHOT :
A FLOWER IS THROWN ON THE GROUND
7. FILM A MEDIUM SHOT :
THE SKY SEEN THROUGH A WINDOW
8. FILM A CLOSE SHOT :
THE CHARACTER BRINGS THE FLOWER TO HIS LIPS,
AND SMILE
9. FILM A LONG SHOT WITHOUT MOVEMENT:
A SUNSET CLOSE TO THE SEA
HOMEWORK 4.
GHOSTS IN THE NIGHT IN 08 SHOTS
1. OUTDOORS. END OF THE DAY.
FILM A LONG SHOT WITHOUT MOVEMENT :
A LANDSCAPE, UP TO YOU
2. OUTDOORS. END OF THE DAY.
FILM A MEDIUM SHOT/AMERICAN SHOT/SHOOTING UP, STATIC :
THE CHARACTER SAYS :
"GHOSTS ARE SLEEPING NOW. BUT THEY WILL AWAKE AT NIGHT
3. OUTDOORS. END OF THE DAY.
FILM A LONG SHOT/SHOOTING UP :
A HOUSE
4. INDOORS. FILM A MEDIUM SHOT/SHOOTING UP :
INSIDE THE HOUSE, A CHARACTER IS READING A BOOK
5. INDOORS. FILM A CLOSE SHOT, SHOOTING DOWN :
INSIDE THE HOUSE, THE CHARACTER IS TURNING A PAGE OF THE BOOK
6. INDOORS. FILM A LONG SHOT :
A DOOR IS TURNING VERY SLOWLY
7. INDOORS. FILM A CLOSE SHOT :
FACE OF THE CHARACTER. EXPRESSION SCREAMED.
8. OUTDOORS. FILM A LONG SHOT :
THE NIGHT
Long shot. Shooting up. Heritage
Long shot. Shooting up. The sky through windows
HOMEWORK 5.
FREEDOM NOW ! IN 06 SHOTS
1. OUTDOORS. PANNING
FILM A LONG SHOT :
A LANDSCAPE, CLOSE TO THE SEA
2. OUTDOORS.
FILM A MEDIUM SHOT/SHOOTING UP, STATIC :
THE CHARACTER IS CONCENTRATED, GEEKING ON HIS TELEPHONE
3. OUTDOORS.
FILM A CLOSE SHOT/SHOOTING UP :
THE CHARACTER SAYS
"THIS CELLULAR TELEPHONE IS A PRISON"
4. OUTDOORS. FILM A MEDIUM SHOT/SHOOTING UP :
A PALM TREE OR A RAVINALA
5. OUTOORS. FILM A LONG SHOT :
SOMETHING FALLS INTO THE SEA (STONE). THE AUDIENCE MUST THINK IT IS THE TELEPHONE
6. OUTDOORS. FILM A MEDIUM SHOT/AMERICAN SHOT/SHOOTING UP :
THE CHARACTER, VERY HAPPY, SHOUTS :
"I'M FREE ! I'M FREE ! I'M FREE !"
7. OUTDOORS. FILM A LONG SHOT :
BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE WITH THE SEA
Example : film of a student
Indian Ocean Cinema Workshop in La Réunion 2020
Example of very long shot of a landscape
HOMEWORK 6.
THE POEM IF ! IN 06 SHOTS
If
Rudyard Kipling
India, 1895
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If
you can keep your head when all about you,
Are losing theirs and
blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt
you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait
and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in
lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't
look too good or talk too wise:
If you can
dream and not make dreams your master;
If you can think and not
make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and
Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you
can bear the words you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap
for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And
stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can
make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of
pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And
never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart
and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are
gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the
Will which says to them:"Hold on!"
If you can
talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings--nor
lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt
you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can
fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds worth of distance
run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which
is more--you'll be a man, my son!
PICTURE FROM THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
1. OUTDOORS. PANNING
FILM A LONG SHOT :
A LANDSCAPE, CLOSE TO THE SEA
2. OUTDOORS. FIRST SET
FILM A LONG SHOT :
THE CHARACTER READS STANZA 1
3. OUTDOORS. SECOND SET,
DIFFERENT FROM SHOT 2
FILM A MEDIUM SHOT : ITALIAN SHOT
THE CHARACTER READS STANZA 2
4. OUTDOORS. SECOND SET,
DIFFERENT FROM SHOTS 2 & 3
FILM A MEDIUM SHOT :
BOTTOM FRAME AT WAIST LEVEL
THE CHARACTER READS STANZA 3
5. OUTDOORS. SECOND SET,
DIFFERENT FROM SHOTS 2, 3 & 4
FILM A MEDIUM SHOT :
BOTTOM FRAME UNDER THE CHIN
THE CHARACTER READS STANZA 4
6. OUTDOORS. PANNING
FILM A LONG SHOT :
A SUNSET, CLOSE TO THE SEA
*Other Examples
Other examples of exercises by students.
SEYCHELLES
FILMS OF THE STUDENTS. 2019
THE INDIAN OCEAN CINEMA WORKSHOP
COORDINATION
M. Emmanuel D'OFFAY
Executive Director of Creative Seychelles Agency
&
Mrs Marie-Lucie ALBERT
Seychelles Film Classification & Permit Office
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CREATIVE SEYCHELLES AGENCY
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Mrs Miera SAVY
Directeur Exécutif Division Coopération Internationale
Secrétaire Générale de la Commission Nationale de la Francophonie
Institut National des Seychelles pour la Culture, le Patrimoine et les Arts
Maison Esplanade, 4ème Etage, BP 1383, Victoria MAHE
République des Seychelles
Portable & Whattsapp: +248 2822410 | Courriel: miera.savy@gov.sc*
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