"A Dimension of Mind: Film" is a facsimile of the "Sight and Sound: Film" course at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. However, "A Dimension of Mind: Film" differs in some important ways because it can be replicated at home.
Difficulty level: 2
Round 2 – Character Development.Difficulty level: 2
Still shooting outside. Still no sound.
Movie 5. Character portrait.
• Create a character and, through a series of individual personal choices, show us what this character is really like.
In the opening to Saturday Night Fever, See how Travolta makes specific choices and does specific little things to let us figure out who his character is?
Movie 6. Character interaction
• Tell the story of what happens when two human beings meet. What do they want? How do they treat each other? Let’s see some real drama unfold.
This is a pretty effective use of silent character interaction, made using digital video:
Movie 7. Close-up
• Make a short where the majority of shots are close-ups. Most of the meaning should come through the close-ups of things.
Movie 8. Dream Sequence
• Manipulate location, continuity, characters and events to create some kind of surreal mindscrew. Use in-camera special effects like fades and focus changes and double exposures, as well as creative art direction decisions, to drive the dream home.
Dream sequence from 8 1/2 by Federico Fellini
Click here to watch the dream sequence from Spellbound, a collaboration between Alfred Hitchcock and Salvador Dalí:
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