Notes made during seminar on 7th Feb:
Walter Murch - Rule of Sixth
- Emotion - 51%
- Story - 23%
- Rhythm - 10%
- Eye Trace - 7%
- 2 Dimensional Space of Action - 5%
- 3 Dimensional Space of Action - 4%
Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)-
Voice Over
- Older voice then in picture
- Its like your with him - connect with him
- Purely with him for 7 mins but do not loose attention
- He's having a rant
- Pauses are important - stop and listen to whats going on on screen
- Well acted - tones in his voice
- Fast Paced - Strong script
- Quickly introduces a lot of characters and a lot happens
Picture
- Simple Titles - noise or cars
- Sound of three doors closing and do not see a thing, no need to establish woods - will slow down pace.
- When shoots the body - frames tinted red
- Guns echo - would naturally reverbed in boot
- Camera in time with music then freeze-frame
- XCU on eye - eye is the gateway to the sole, Its is not a POV but is a personal POV from him and his memories
- Only CU is on boss - shows his importance.
- Lots of camera movement to keep pace moving
- Very small pause in VO to say 19 - frames it.
