Today we were helping some 4th year students cinematographers in their "blocking exercise". It was quite interesting to learn more about all those projectors, for instance one was specifically producing soft light on female faces (how cool!) Charlotte was our model so the cinematographers and Ana, the director, were experimenting with the light on her face. Actually they were trying to produce a different light effect on Charlotte in comparison to the other 3 guys sitting behind her at a distance of 3 feet. This preparation lasted for 1 hour! Then the second year actors came in with James McAvoy and were trying to help the performance in a short scene. He was giving some advice on what the actors should do; there was also a lot of talk about in and out of focus. Regarding which character stays in focus can manipulate the eye of the viewer. So we had to decide how the "spread" the focus; eventually we switched it from one actor to another to achieve the wanted effect. Oh god there were so many decisions to be made even in a simple scene as that. Probably James was trying to give more confidence to the actors and to the rest of the DFTV students.
I had a lot of fun :) After all, I am a fan of McAvoy and I am glad he came to the Academy.
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